portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard/ r; b6 X2 v+ k# Q' h  l( g
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This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.
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月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
: O6 I. g& S  y& E 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含: G3 ]& A2 S) i/ B# }, u, @
有'呸傷'% R' u; h* l6 W7 |( H
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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8 i8 ?. z2 u- tu are right , his food was poisoned by the british