Napoleon
On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as Napoleon''s coffin was solemnly borne down the Champs-Elysées on its final journey to the Invalides. The return of the Emperor''s body from the island of St Helena, nearly twenty years after his death, was a moment they had eagerly awaited, though there were many who feared that the memories stirred would only further destabi...
On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as Napoleon''s coffin was solemnly borne down the Champs-Elysées on its final journey to the Invalides. The return of the Emperor''s body from the island of St Helena, nearly twenty years after his death, was a moment they had eagerly awaited, though there were many who feared that the memories stirred would only further destabi...
