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Napoleon’s ornate flintlock pistols sell for $1.83 million
Eventually, Osenat says, Napoleon tried to kill himself using poison after signing the Treaty of Fontainebleau. He survived the attempt, abdicated and was exiled to Elba, an island off the Italian ...
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King George III's 1803 war letter to be sold at auction
A handwritten letter in which King George III signals his intent to go to war with Napoleon is to be sold at auction. The missive - addressed to Secretary of State Lord Hawkesbury - is dated May ...
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French ‘national treasure’ pistols that belonged to Napoleon sell for £1.43m at auction
just 300 metres from the Fontainebleau palace where Napoleon tried to kill himself in 1814 following his abdication. The identity of the buyer at the auction was not made public, but the item has ...