Introducing: Napoleon
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Carlo's Corsica
Corsica had only been part of france for one year when napoleon was born. The erstwhile rebel becomes a collaborator, or at the very least someone who can sense which way the wind is blowing. For some years to come, and with considerable irony, napoleoni simply detests the french and everything they stand for. I was born as the fatherland was dying, he will declare with characteristic flourish. 30 thousand frenchmen vomited upon our coasts, drowning the seat of liberty and torrents of blood. It's been suggested that napoleon never forgave his father for betraying corsica. This seems overplayed. He loved his father to the end.
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