"When Napoleon became an English tourist attraction" Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Sep 2015 1:09 p.m. PST |
"After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was briefly kept prisoner on a warship in Plymouth Sound. The harbour became packed as crowds flocked to see their defeated enemy. Now the city is commemorating this most unlikely, and involuntary, of south coast holidays. After his shattering defeat in 1815 at the hands of Wellington in Belgium, Napoleon knew he would be hunted down in Europe and had planned to flee to the United States. He found the port of Rochefort blockaded by his old nemesis, the Royal Navy, however and on the morning of 15 July surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon. Michael Broers, Professor of Western European History at the University of Oxford, said: "Some of the military leaders, especially the Prussians, would have gladly shot him…"
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| PhilinYuma | 28 Sep 2015 1:32 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the link, Tango. If you click on the sound icon on the first pic and turn up the volume, you can faintly hear General Napoleon reciting ""Oui, le bonheur bien vite a passé." ("Oh, I do like to live beside the seaside"). Sorry, Victor. Cheers,
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| dibble | 29 Sep 2015 6:03 p.m. PST |
As popular a pass-time for the Brit's as a good hanging or freak show. Paul :) |
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