portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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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 1801.9 {2 m; S8 N% u# D9 B! B

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月月鳥

我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
0 N5 r% M* T" ?2 w: Z 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
8 j9 S; N7 Z9 N  k4 F/ J有'呸傷'
, h4 x1 O$ U& Z" q. ~% A即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british