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The first #guillotine execution (of highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier) took place in #Paris #onthisday 25 April 1792 https://t.co/OZVM5xlMOn #otd
What if Napoleon Bonaparte had wound up in the United States? NAPOLEON IN AMERICA "a fantastic read. Those new to speculative fiction should give this a try – it’s dangerously addictive!" https://t.co/pA4vGUn6W4 #alternatehistory #historicalfiction #goodbook
Giuseppina Grassini, the Italian #opera singer who became the mistress of both #Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington https://t.co/uTW8WwggV7 #history
"I pass to a new year with the fervent prayer for firmness to perform as well as prudence to discern my duty, and for temper and fortitude to meet every possible variety of events." - John Quincy Adams, 1 Jan 1810 https://t.co/slVJgayu1n
What did Americans think of the French exiles who fled to the United States after Napoleon's 1815 defeat? https://t.co/EwKQ5sc4vC #immigration #immigrants #history
Aftermath of the Battle of Trafalgar: a description of the horrible scene at #Cadiz https://t.co/gqtioal7nJ #twitterstorians #napoleonic
#Whatif Napoleon escaped to US? "Those new to speculative fiction should give this a try–it’s dangerously addictive!"https://t.co/WgXwjCvoQh
#Napoleon disliked Fridays and the number 13 https://t.co/EAhkzSqSjO #FridayThe13th #superstition
Some #19thC packing tips & a cautionary tale about how not to pack https://t.co/pcxFRt8ryb #packing #twitterstorians #19thCentury
NAPOLEON IN AMERICA "a fantastic read." "Thorough, sweeping novel with seamless transitions from real to imagined" https://t.co/WgXwjCvoQh