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Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican

Real Dictators

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A Memoir of a Young Man

After six months together, napoleon and josephine are married. He is 26, six years her junior. On the wedding certificate, to fudge the age gap, they both declare themselves to be 28. It's hardly a fairy tale wedding in the town hall of the second arondis. But there is good reason for these hasty nuptials. In just forty eight hours, napoleon bonaparte is to lead his troops into war.

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