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.
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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:
1 K, W4 g3 E& l- W& I9 w& ? 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含; `; w+ a, u) I  O  W
有'呸傷'
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3 U4 r/ J/ o2 ^, D  yu are right , his food was poisoned by the british