I've just returned from a week in Paris with Mrs S. This was the first time I've ever been unless you count Disneyland in the 90s with the kids (but I really don't think you can). I was very very impressed with the city possibly helped by the fact that the sun shone every day. I won't bore you with my holiday snaps other than I know you'd like to see the Napoleonic related ones!
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| Well blow me down with a feather if I didn't come across the great man's coat and hat at Fontainebleau. Nice satchel too! |
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| And this was his austere camp bed. |
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| While this is his bling real bed. I'd quite like steps to get up into my own bed these days. |
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| Also at Fontainebleau (which incidently was much less busy than Versailles) is the room where he signed the abdication, although possibly not at that actual table. |
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| Napoleon's tomb. I thought the whole site seem really uncared for, it was very dirty and dusty and generally had bad vibes - not what I was expecting. |
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| I've always liked this picture so it was nice to see it for real - annoying that I was photobombed by an old git! |
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| Franconi the circus rider - the original at the Louvre. |
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| Another favourite picture of mine also on display at the Louvre - Napoleon at Eylau. |
Would I ever go back - oui!
4 comments:
That cannot be the real hat, I bought Boney's real hat off a french bloke in the 90's. It's in the wardrobe somewhere...
Paul, back in the 80s I knew a couple who swore they had the Holy Grail in their bedroom wardrobe, I think they were regularly smoking something though…
I think there may (genuinely) be a hat of Napoleon’s in Dalmeny House just outside Edinburgh. It claims to have the best collection of Napoleonic artefacts outside of France. The Earl of Roseberry was a big fan. Sadly, it is no longer open to the public.
Goya
Super - excellent post. Ah - the old abdication room - if there's anything I despise, it's ingratitood...
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