Listener Tim O’Dwyer from Australia, who describes himself as “an old Aussie lawyer (who believes he could do a good plea of guilty for Prince Talleyrand)”, recently visited France and Israel with his wife and submitted some Napoleonis snaps from his visits to Malmaison and Jaffa. See more in the Napoleon 101 Flickr group. Thanks […]

Paris 2008 Map

Originally uploaded by cameronreilly

Some of the places I’m visiting (and staying) on my trip to Paris in July. If you want to open it in Google Maps, use this link.

A few weeks ago I took my kids for a drive out to Benalla in country Victoria to visit a few Ned Kelly memorial sites (Ned is a very famous Australian folk hero).
To my surprise, at the Benalla and District Historical Society, I discovered this display. It is, apparently, one of the drums used […]

As David mentioned in #32, he was interviewed for the latest edition of The Robb Report magazine about his snuffbox. Here are the images!

David and Barbara show off their Napoleon 101 gear! Available only at:
www.cafepress.com/napoleonpodcast

See all of the photos here (link).

Napoleon Gance Poster (2)
Originally uploaded by cameronreilly

Isn’t David Markham the bomb!?! He sent me this marvelous, fully framed and original poster from the 1980 restoration of Abel Gance’s 1927 silent epic “Napoleon”. I love it. This is going in the pool room. Thank you David-san!
xanax tablet

Napoleon
Originally uploaded by jables80.

Waterloo Battlefield just outside of Waterloo, Belgium.

Pascal from Berlin asked:
“Maybe I missed this aspect of Napoleon already mentioned in one of your episode, but if you didn’t, could talk a little bit about that distinct hat Napoleon is often shown with on pictures of him. Maybe it is a modern invention and has nothing to do with the historical figure.”
Actually, Pascal, […]

I’ve just discovered a Flcikr Group dedicated to Napoleonic images! Check it out.

And goodbye, Napoleon’s house
Originally uploaded by bootsintheoven.