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Napoleon Bonaparte: Great Britain
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In 1798, Napoleon invaded Egypt in order to undermine Britain's access to India. His fleet in Egypt was completely destroyed by Horatio Nelson, so that Napoleon was land-bound. A coalition against France formed in Europe, the royalists rose again, and Napoleon returned to Paris without his troops in 1799; in November of that year, a coup made him the ruler and military dictator of France.
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(In 1806 Bonaparte decreed a continental blockade against the Great Britain. To press the Tzar Alexander, who was contrary to such a measure, Napoleon invaded Poland, where he met Maria, the young spouse of Count Walewski. Regarding the case of this woman, she seemed to possess the highest degree of fidelity when compared with the other Napoleon's lovers). The Polish historiography... insists on the fact that she sacrificed herself by love...to her country, hopefully waiting for an independence declaration from Napoleon.
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A fascinating 'apotheosis' print of Napoleon issued shortly after his death on May 5, 1821. Napoleon is shown being lead up to heaven by a trumpet blowing goddess, while his troops and officers praise him with laurel branches. To the left is shown some mourners on St. Helena. Below is a elegy to the great man. $275
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