Napoleon essay fetches record price at French auction
By By JAMES KANTER and STEPHEN CASTLE, on December 2nd, 2012
PARIS — A 200-year-old letter in which Napoleon Bonaparte vows to blow up the Kremlin fetched 187,500 euros at a French auction on Sunday, while an essay by him on the failed Russian campaign set another record. The coded missive, written in numbers and signed “Nap”, said: “I will…
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Napoleon essay fetches record price at French auction
PARIS — A 200-year-old letter in which Napoleon Bonaparte vows to blow up the Kremlin fetched 187,500 euros at a French auction on Sunday, while an essay by him on the failed Russian campaign set another record. The coded missive, written in numbers and signed “Nap”, said: “I will…
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Napoleon essay fetches record price at French auction
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