portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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# }# W' r" ^  j. M& ?# AThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.0 ]- S0 _6 ~/ ^+ |" Z' X7 g
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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.4 z: y" f' o3 n3 D$ d
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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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Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:! N% H7 C2 |. c% q$ L
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

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" G( n- L9 S! ?8 e$ e4 P! p" Xu are right , his food was poisoned by the british