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Books about Napoleonic era (and Polish history) - 3
Good day, dear all, and let me share with you some books I've read recently.
And because today is the birthday of Tadeusz Kościuszko I'll start with a biography of him The Peasant Prince, by the American historian Alex Storozynski:
2. One more position about the Polish history, in English, I'd like to recommend you is Richard Butterwick's The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733–1795: Light and Flame, dedicated to the reigns of Polish-Lithuanian two last kings, Augustus III Wettin and Stanisław August Poniatowski:
From the topic of Polish history let's switch to the French one.
3. One more addition to my collection of Talleyrand's biographies was this one, written by Robin Harris:
4-5. Then, there were two books about Napoleon's private life, by Octave Aubry and Sigrid-Maria Größing:
6-7. A study on the topic of French revolutionary and imperial generals, by Georges Six, and George Nafziger's Imperial Bayonets. (These were books with lots of military details, so I can't say I've enjoyed them thoroughly, rather not belonging to their target audience))
8. And this is a book I really liked, The anatomy of Glory by Henry Lachouque! And though its subtitle (Napoleon and his Guards) kinda states the book will be focused on the Imperial Guards, in fact its topics turned out much more wider, including information on Napoleon himself, France and even some details of the usual life of that times:
9. The book majority of you have already read, The Iron Marshal, a biography of Louis Nicolas Davout by John Gallaher:
10-11. And the last but not the least - two books on Murat. The first is a book by the French historian Jean Tulard and the second is an impressive work of Sarah Hammel @joachimnapoleon.
Thanks a lot, Sarah, for letting as see Joachim Murat through his letters, from his own point of view!
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[WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN]
Believe it or not, originally even when they were making the utter insanity that was Bebe's Kids, it was going to be revealed later that Jamika and Dorothea were actually a married couple that had a falling out and coincidentally met/used Robin as a way of moving on. The catch is they were still married as Dorothea refused to divorce.
Plus it was ALSO going to be revealed that Jamika and Dorothea aren't black but are white women who were permanently tanned in an accident and changed their names.
All of this would've been towards the end of the movie in a now cut scene where Dorothea goes to Jamika's house and having a change of heart shockingly, convinces her to go back to Robin and even gives her the location of where he's at — the bar that he's in during the wraparounds. Which explains how Jamika somehow knew he was there at the end of the movie.
But when Jamika asks what about the two of them, Dorothea says she still won't divorce but at the same time wants Jamika to be happy. Therefore when the time is right and the two of them are ready, she'll show right back up and join them, flat-out implying they'll be a fucking polyamorous couple before she gives Jamika a long goodbye kiss similar to the one Jamika gives Robin at the end right down to the spinning camera around them and walks off into the night.
All of this ends up putting their few interactions in the actual movie in a whole new light as they act like they absolutely don't know each other nor reveal their connections.
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Kid:(to himself)How mad could he be? Maybe the school didn't even call him.
Pop: I'm so glad you're home. Sit down. l need to talk to you.
Kid: What's up, Pop?
Pop: I'm making a smoothie. Do you want some?
Kid: No, thanks, Pop.
PopYou know l need this stuff, boy. l got a weight problem. Can't wait to eat.
Kid: Pop, are these the only... pieces of mail you got today?
Pop: Just some bills. You want to pay them?
(phone rings)
Pop: What? Bila? Bilyle?Whatever your name is, what do you want? It's for you.
Kid: I'll take it upstairs.
Pop: Why did they name that boy that African name? They are from Cleveland.
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SAVE THE MUSIC
Please 🙏
My first instrument was a violin. My parents didn’t understand the journey. It was easier with a flute or a piccolo.
I MISS U 😢
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
-Robin Harris
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