Read, laugh, and think.
The following are Le Monde newspaper headlines on consequitive days in 1815 regarding the the return of Napoleon from exile.
The Tyger has broken out of his Den!
The Ogre has been at sea for three days!
The Wretch has landed at Frejus!
The Buzzard has reached Antibes!
The Invader has arrived at Grenoble
The General has entered Lyons
Napoleon slept at Fontainbleu last night
The Emperor will proceed to Tuileries today
His Imperial Majesty will address his loyal subjects tomorrow
Judgement and Chance: Reflections on my Wikipedia Summer Studentship 25/26
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History is man-made; as essayist Maria Popova writes, “history is not what
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