Sunday, October 15, 2017




“It was very early in life that Napoleon secluded himself as it were from other men, and became impressed with the lofty objects to which he appeared to be destined”…shortly after entering Milan, Napoleon declared “There is a finer throne than that vacant…There are two tottering thrones which I am about to prop up…those of Constantinople and Persia”…his expedition to Acre in 1799 was to conquer the Ottoman Empire… hence, he claimed “There has been nothing to be done in Europe for two hundred years…it is in the east only that great things are to be done”…all of Napoleon’s power consolidation in Europe was to ultimately lead him to the conquest of his two favorite Eastern thrones… Napoleon wanted to “follow in the footsteps of Cyrus and Alexander”…

~ excerpts from Scottish lawyer and historian Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, in his 1841 book on history of Europe beginning with the French Revolution…

[pic Art Collector: Siege of Acre - Jezzar Pasha - Napoleon Bonaparte - Original typogravure by Boussod & amp; Valadon. 1890 … for educational purposes only]

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