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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP16 Mar 2023 4:43 p.m. PST

Of possible interest?

Free to read


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Armand

Texaswalker16 Mar 2023 6:46 p.m. PST

Long, but interesting.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP17 Mar 2023 3:28 p.m. PST

Happy for that…


Armand

Brechtel19818 Mar 2023 5:43 a.m. PST

The author uses some dubious, inaccurate, and suspect sources:

The following authors cannot/should not be used in any study of the period because of a lack of accuracy in the books:

Bourrienne, Chateaubriand, de Stael, Laure Junot, Fouche, de Segur, Dwyer, McLynn, and Schom.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP18 Mar 2023 3:44 p.m. PST

Lack of Accuracy… or hate for Napoleon? (smile)

Armand

Brechtel19818 Mar 2023 6:53 p.m. PST

Both as a point of fact. Well done.

And some of it was done in order to ingratiate themselves to the returning Bourbons.

All in all it was disgraceful as what they didn't know, which was a lot, they made up against Napoleon.

The last three have written biographies of Napoleon and are highly inaccurate.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP19 Mar 2023 3:31 p.m. PST

One of the stories that I always remember… was that the famous Count of Montolón… the man accused of poisoning Napoleon and who "closed" himself like a padlock around the Emperor in his last days of life… once his participation in Napoleon's entourage ended… he traveled to England full of money and formed a couple with whom?… with madame de Stäel…

Armand

Musketballs20 Mar 2023 11:35 a.m. PST

Montholon left St Helena after Bonaparte's death in 1821.

Madame de Stael died in 1817.

They must have made a truly odd couple.

Rittmester21 Mar 2023 10:24 a.m. PST

I have interest iin the subject and a new perspective sounds like an interesting read. The text also flows quite well considering it is an academic thesis.

Thank you Armand :)

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP21 Mar 2023 3:25 p.m. PST

A votre service mon ami…


Armand

Brechtel19822 Mar 2023 7:01 a.m. PST

At a Napoleonic conference in Clearwater Florida in 1995, one of the panel discussions was about the conspiracy theory of Napoleon's alleged poisoning on St Helena.

One of the ideas broached was that the supply of wine was poisoned. No one else had any trouble with the wine, even if it was only for Napoleon. There is always the possibility of others getting to the wine supply, an idea put forward by Col Elting based on his army service and the cleverness of the average enlisted man in getting to the alcohol if it was available. That shot the idea to the winds with the reaction of the audience.

In short, the idea of Napoleon being poisoned is a crock. He died of stomach cancer just like his father.

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