How they foment misery and wars
This is part of why Napoleon fought this oligarchy.
No congruence means it’s probably not true
What’s really interesting is that Napoleon dresses less flamboyantly as a General as his rank increases. Also: Elvis copied Napoleon.
Napoleon as General
Napoleon as Consul
Napoleon as Emperor.
Learn more here.
Elvis’ costume designer was inspired by Napoleon which is obvious if you think about it.
Song of the day
Perhaps unfamiliar words in tonight’s Méneval Napoleon reading
A corset test made from painter’s drop cloth and boned with cable ties.
Elaborate testing series for a pair of gorgeous fluorite rocks
An elaborate testing series is about to begin for the polishing of these two fluorite rocks. My previous fluorite were disintegrated in this tumbler. Fluorite is quite soft but it’s very luminous and striking.
Learn more about fluorite here.
How Napoleon used to tease and torment Hortense for his own amusement.
A review from an actual person that I did not pay about my Napoleon Memoirs Series
Thank you so much.
Memoirs of Méneval about Napoleon, 990-1000
We now have the Fain memoirs about Napoleon and I plan on broadcasting these next. Fain was Napoleon’s personal secretary.
Perhaps unfamiliar words in tonight’s Méneval Napoleon reading
Many urged Marie Louise to emulate her ancestor María Theresa who appealed to the public for help with her son in her arms.
Maria Theresa
Coming up next: the Napoleon uniform project.
When Napoleon was about to meet his second wife, he wanted to look his best. His sister had a leading tailor make Napoleon an exquisite suit of the latest fashion. He tried it on but it just didn’t feel like him. Napoleon just had to be wearing a military uniform.
I plan to make clothes inspired by the various gorgeous uniforms that Napoleon wore.
The first is intended to be the General’s uniform from his campaigns in Italy and Egypt.
I’m starting by engineering a corset.
13 year old Hortense writes General Buonaparte a nasty letter
The rest of these memoirs are here.
Memoirs of Méneval about Napoleon, 980-990
Napoleon tells Joseph to get Marie Louise and their son out of Paris.
https://www.thetanster.com/blog/2019/2/11/napoleon-memoirs-links
How warmongers make wars out of stories
The article is here.
