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Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I. After having seized power through a coup d'état in 1799, General Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor in 1804. In the meanwhile, he conquered large parts of Europe. The
Frontispiece Ltd - On this day February 26, 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the Tyrrhenian Sea island of Elba. Following the close of the War of the Sixth Coalition, and the Treaty
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