portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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/ h9 j5 n4 L% s; }! [; b  ^% uThis 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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Like most of David's portraits of Napoleon, this was a propaganda piece. Napoleon actually crossed the Alps on a mule because mules have better balance and traction, are lower to the ground, and do better in cold weather.- A/ D; J" G1 P5 L; }' w

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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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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:& W' |: S6 Z0 B" C8 `- {* b/ B
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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8 }, a$ C3 R+ _8 e1 o( n0 ~即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british