Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican
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Napoleon Bonaparte - A Novel
Napoleon is not consistent in his relationship with the revolution. His guiding principle is ultimately his own ambition. Napoleon spruces up his wardrobe, begins wearing expensive ode cologne. He throws away the shabby, old boots he's worn ever since artillery school. On october 20, sixth, 17 95, napoleon bonaparte is made a full general. Marie joseph rose de boine is an aristocrat. Her husband, a royalist general, died on the guillotine. She spent months in a squalid jail awaiting what she assumed was the inevitable.
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