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napoleon: romantic muse and not amused
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. So said Dickens. But it was. As Napoleon began his rather blood-soaked, chaotic and passionate rule of France he met the force of two women , “femmes fatales” … Continue reading
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napoleon and the persecuted pair
The fortunes of both were inextricably bound up with the star of Napoleon. The image of this persecuted pair lingered in the hearts of his enemies as a romantic ideal. The fact the Napoleon disliked Mme de Stael heartily was … Continue reading
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Tagged alex godfrey, Alison Castle, charles t. downey, felix markham, firmin massot, francois gerard, francois pascal simon gerard, Jacques Necker, Jacques-Louis David, juliette recamier, mme de Stael, Mme recamier, Stanley Kubrick, stanley kubrick napoleon
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napoleon: grand alliance of a different kind
The greatest movie never made. That’s actually the title of a new book of images from Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon, or rather the director’s preparations for an ill-fated film on the French emperor. The three hour epic about the life of … Continue reading
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Tagged alex godfrey, Alison Castle, Chateaubriand, Chris Knight National Post, felix markham, francois pascal simon gerard, Jacques Necker, Jacques-Louis David, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Mme Germaine de Stael, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, prince augustus of prussia, Raul Hilberg, Rene Chateaubriand, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg
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