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.) t8 }' ?3 k5 e: _
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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.! P( C' Q$ |1 ^% F
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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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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
! t+ F: ]4 N2 X: ~! t; T" H 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
2 p" u* n  J4 Z0 `* p有'呸傷'
0 k. b; y& F( @* p即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british