portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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5 g( u* S0 R- J) MThis 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:
# j3 b& C1 T; N' V# f4 V 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含/ m0 [/ M$ t" W$ E3 \! f
有'呸傷'
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british