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napoleondidthat · 3 years

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I wish everyone here a very joyeux Noel, a Merry Christmas!

I hope Santa was good to you and maybe even dropped some Napoleonica into your lap this season :)

#napoleondidthat #joyeux noel 2020 #merry christmas #merry christmas wishes #from me to you #NDT #napoleon did that tumblr

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asecretagentleman · 5 years

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@napoleondidthat I thought this would amuse you

#napoleondidthat #antoine decaune #very famous French trickster

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microcosme11 · 2 years

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I didn’t know until I read the article in “Apollo” magazine (posted by @napoleondidthat) that Albert Dieudonné asked to be buried in his Napoleon uniform. I don’t know which uniform, but in any case he was 81 years old. Vive l’Empereur!

#French actors #Abel Gance Napoleon #Albert Dieudonne

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deceptigoons-attack · 3 years

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@napoleondidthat

Napoléon in his domino costume.

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your-new-dealer · 7 years

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@napoleondidthat after stalking your blog I get this ad...was it the cashmere??

#lol #sorry

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ijazzyfe · 9 years

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Bruh 😂😂😂😂 #NapoleonDidThat #Vote4Pedro #NaeNae

#vote4pedro #napoleondidthat #naenae

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napoleondidthat · 4 years

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I and my Napoleon chic army wish everyone who celebrates a Happy Easter. May next year’s Easter find us in better circumstances.

#NDT #Napoleon Did That #Napoleondidthat #Napoleon did that Blog #Happy Easter #Easter #It's a Napoleon chic army #Next year will be better #grand army #grande armee #Napoleon chics #Napoleon's hat

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napoleondidthat · 3 years

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Hey everyone!

I want to wish all my American followers a very Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving. Let’s hope next year’s Thanksgiving is better than this year has proven to be,

If you’re not American, but Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

#Thanksgiving 2020 #Thanksgiving #Happy Thanksgiving #Napoleondidthat #Napoleon did that tumblr #NDT

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napoleondidthat · 4 years

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Happy Valentine’s Day!!

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napoleondidthat · 4 years

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Hello Everyone **waves**

I just wanted to mention that, beyond my wildest expectations, this little blog now has 4006 followers! I never dreamed that I’d get so many tumblr friends who’d want to follow my little piece of Napoleonic stuff. I’m happy and grateful that you’re all here.

Today (February 8) happens to be my birthday so this was a nice surprise :D

#napoleondidthat #blog stuff #random #napoleon did that #NDT #welcome wagon #4000 followers #Wow!

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napoleondidthat · 4 years

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Personal News:

I am going to be take a brief break (not too long). Last night, I lost one of my Basset Hounds, Jolly, who passed away at eleven years young. He was the best boy and as you can imagine I am heartbroken over his loss. I wanted to give an update to those who follow who have noticed I have been absent the last few days due to his illness and to share a little bit of this precious soul’s life with you.

See you soon!

#personal news #Jolly #napoleondidthat #napoleondidthat tumblr #NDT #I am going to miss you forever #best boy #Basset #Basset Hounds

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napoleondidthat · 4 years

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Napoléon Did That turned 6 today!

This is late, the blog turned 6 at the end of January, but I wanted a cupcake on here anyway :) Better late than never! Thanks to everyone for allowing me to be here for 6 years! I still haven’t run out of stuff to post *yet*.

#tumblr birthday #tumblr milestone #napoleon did that #napoleondidthat #napoleon did that blog #tumblr #happy birthday to me #NDT #random

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napoleondidthat · 5 years

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[2/2] ‘Tears came to my eyes,’ says Bertrand, ‘at the sight of this manwho had inspired such awe, who had given orders so proudly and positively, pleading now for a littlespoonful of coffee, begging permission like a child, and not being given it, returning again and againto the same requests, always failing, but never getting angry.’

Absolutely.

Napoleon's death is sad, as I imagine all deaths are for the most part.

For me, Napoleon is at his best in the beginning. As a young general who has talent. As First Consul. As Emperor to begin with. But it seems to me that by the time Marie Louise is ushered in, Napoleon has lost a bit of what made Napoleon potent, powerful, what made Napoleon Napoleon. Somewhere in the midst of all the ass-kissing, the groveling, Napoleon lost himself.

Napoleon forgot what made him unique is that his power came from the people (in a sense--France wasn't a true democracy of course). But all the people he surrounded himself with were for the most part were men of the people. Murat, the son of an inn-keeper. Oudinot, the son of a brewer. Ney, the son of a cooper. Lannes, the son of a merchant. Brune, the son of a lawyer. Berthier, son of a lieutenant in the topographical department. There were some nobles, like Caulaincourt who was the son of a general and a marquis. But for the most part, these were men who came from the everyday ranks and by talent and hard work got to be generals and later Princes, Dukes etc. Their power was in the fact they weren't a bunch of blue bloods but rather the people. Imagine being a royal and having to sit across and make peace with a man who was the son of a Corsican lawyer with some claims to petty nobilty and being beaten on the battlefield by a handful of men who all had humble roots. The soldiers were attached to Napoleon because he was theirs. It's all rather revolutionary. A giant chess match of us (the people) vs. them (the royals). Josephine, even though again, petty nobility at birth, would marry to become a Viscountess, but she still was for the most part, a regular woman.

Enter Marie Louise. By the time she comes into the story, Napoleon has lost his core a bit and for lack of better words, has become a "royal". He no longer is one of the people, has risen above it and does and says ridiculous things that make one eyeroll. He starts talking about his poor cousins, the deposed Bourbons. He expects more and more royal etiquette. His status somewhat alienates him from his generals. He becomes and expects to be pampered. He divorces Josephine, for political reasons, and marries into a royal house. He demands this. And, rather stupidly, marries into the Hapsburg dynasty, the very house that France rid itself of through a bloody blade. Marie Louise is rightfully terrified of the "ogre" and is expected to sit on the throne that cost her great-aunt her life. Napoleon brings back to France what it got rid of. Now everything is pagentry times a thousand. He's finally achieved and got the valedation he's craved, he's one of the "them" and forgets the "us". They can no longer say he is illegitimate, he's married into a royal house, one of the most respected, his father-in-law is the Holy Roman Emperor. His children will be royals. Josephine who the people adored, who had no issue with making small talk with anyone and being approached, is replaced by a cold, distant bonafide Princess. Can you blame some of his long time generals and companions moving away from him and feeling, for lack of better word, betrayed? Even France. Some questioned, is this what France signed up for? Didn't she sign up for an Emperor and somehow ended up with an Empress that came from what they rejected?

As it's been reported to have been said by Murat to Napoleon, "You have become what we have fought against." I have to agree with Murat. I love Napoleon, but he needs to have several seats.

Napoleon became a somewhat lazy monarch. He was more interested in being a father, a husband, an Emperor. I can't blame him, he spent most of his early years in one battle or another. Soon, he's handing over control to people who can't and don't know how to weild it. Spain drains his money and his soldiers. He gets irritated, more so than before. He goes into Russia without listening to Caulaincourt who was ambassador and knew Russian winters and their mind-set, convinced he knew better. He walked into disaster. Caulaincourt warned him to have the soldiers get fur-lined boots, Caulaincourt got his troops boots, Napoleon didn't. Caulaincourt's men survived.

In a way, Napoleon was in a losing fight. You can make the argument that Napoleon had to become one of them in order to be acknowledged by them. What sort of Emperor has a family of shop-keepers and lawyers? They had to rise with him. But most of his sibling were not meant to hold thrones and were much more interested in getting to play King too. Elisa seemed to handle her estates very well and had a natural fit and perhaps the smartest brother, Lucien, was sent into exile.

Saint Helena redeems Napoleon. Some historians have even argued that Saint Helena is what has helped make Napoleon into the legend that he is today. Some great stories come out of Saint Helena, his friendship with Betsy Balcombe for one. I have always held he had to go there to find himself again.Now, this isn't gospel.

This is the opinions I have come to from my own studies and interpretations.

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napoleondidthat · 5 years

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Happy Bastille Day to all my French followers and friends on here!

Liberty!

Equality!

Brotherhood!

#napoleondidthat #NDT #Napoleon did that tumblr #Bastille Day 2019 #Happy Bastille Day!#From me to you #Vive la France #Napoleon would approve

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napoleondidthat · 5 years

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Things from my collection.

My newest Napoleon statue.

#napoleon #bonaparte #Napoleon Bonaparte #Emperor Napoleon #Emperor Napoleon I #Emperor Napoleon Ier #Napoleon I #Napoleon Ier #my collection #my stuff #Napoleon statue #statue #napoleondidthat #napoleondidthat tumblr #NDT

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napoleondidthat · 5 years

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What were Napoleon's opinions about the former kings Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?

Not much. He saw Louis XVI as weak. He was there to witness his arrest by the mob when they stormed the Tuileries. The whole spectacle left a bad impression on him and gave him a life-long fear and dislike of the mob.

Once he became Emperor, he might have softened his views on them, especially marrying the great-niece of Marie Antoinette. He was then known to remark on the sad fate of “our poor cousins” (the King and Queen).

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