I am Napoleon

[pat grimshaw]

Have you heard the news?

I'm tired of feeling like Napoleon. I think that now I feel like the Empress Josephine

 

[Essex Boy]

Joséphine remarked privately, "The only thing that ever came between us was my debts; certainly not his manhood."—Andrew Roberts, Napoleon

That's from the horse's mouth.

Joséphine was described as being of average height, svelte, shapely, with silky, long, chestnut-brown hair, hazel eyes, and a rather sallow complexion. Her nose was small and straight, and her mouth was well-formed; however she kept it closed most of the time so as not to reveal her bad teeth.

Nuff said.

Joséphine died in Rueil-Malmaison on 29 May 1814, soon after walking with Tsar Alexander I of Russia in the gardens of Malmaison.

Beware of walking with Tsars. There's probably at least one lurking in the grounds of the asylum.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Joséphine

 

[Latimer]

Malmaison is exquisite. Visited there five years ago, the 200th anniversary of her death. In commemoration the Musee de Luxembourg mounted a great show of furniture and furnishings she commissioned. Extravagant and impressive.

Never noticed before, but I have a client from New Orleans who looks a lot like Josephine, but with perfect capped teeth. I have to ask her if she has a Martinique connection. Did Josephine really send her muslin there to be washed?

 

[belamyi]

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Malmaison is exquisite. Visited there five years ago, the 200th anniversary of her death. In commemoration the Musee de Luxembourg mounted a great show of furniture and furnishings she commissioned. Extravagant and impressive.

Never noticed before, but I have a client from New Orleans who looks a lot like Josephine, but with perfect capped teeth. I have to ask her if she has a Martinique connection. Did Josephine really send her muslin there to be washed?

You mean Martinique or New Orleans...

 

[pat grimshaw]

Have you heard the news?

I'm tired of feeling like Napoleon. I think that now I feel like the Empress Josephine

I'm still saving up for a tiara but I have some lovely lornjeray!.

 

[Nealm1]

Your excellency your hat is in a gallery in Montreal

 

[pat grimshaw]

.. your hat ..

I may go and visit and give some provenance to these people

 

[pat grimshaw]

Am I not beautiful.

 

[pat grimshaw]

^
That isn't a question. It's a rhetorical statement.

 

[pigface]

 

[Latimer]

^
Garbo as Countess Waleska with Charles Boyer as Napoleon. It was Waleska's pregnancy with their son, Alexandre Florian, that convinced Napoleon that Josephine was at that time in her life unable to conceive.

Alexandre Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ kɔlɔna valɛvski]; Polish: Aleksander Florian Józef Colonna-Walewski; 4 May 1810 – 27 September 1868), was a Polish and French politician and diplomat, best known for his position as Foreign Minister of France under Napoleon III and for his diplomatic efforts presiding the Congress of Paris that created peace in the Crimean War and laid the base for modern international law of the sea with the Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law. (Wikipedia)