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Posted on 01/09/17 08:52:04 AM
Steve Caplin
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Challenge 670: Napoleon drowses
I visited the French island of Aix this summer, which boasts a museum dedicated to Napoleon that houses the bedroom in which he spent his last days on French soil before being exiled to St Helena in 1816.

Can you place the brooding emperor in his bedroom? High res is here.

You might also benefit from this portrait of him that I photographed in the museum, showing him apparently struggling with a hernia while clutching a TV remote control (I may have misinterpreted this slightly); or, for those who like a colouring challenge, you could choose the ornamentation on this rather bizarre clock, also housed in the museum.

I hope this week's Challenge might tempt Michael Sinclair back from his unaccustomed withdrawal last week.



Posted on 01/09/17 11:26:01 AM
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Re: Challenge 670: Napoleon drowses
The morning after the night before ...




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Posted on 01/09/17 12:27:54 PM
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Posted on 01/09/17 1:31:00 PM
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Re: Challenge 670: Napoleon drowses
"Shouldn't have had the oysters..."

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Posted on 01/09/17 4:49:30 PM
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Or was it the kebab?


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Posted on 03/09/17 12:56:17 PM
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Not even Josephine could distract Boney from thinking that there always seemed to be someone watching him.





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Posted on 03/09/17 3:57:27 PM
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Posted on 04/09/17 05:26:57 AM
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Re: Challenge 670: Napoleon drowses
Nice one Gordon. Are you sure Napoleon had a laptop?

Posted on 04/09/17 10:48:08 AM
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Thank you all for your well wishes. Over this wretched flu and back in action!

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Posted on 04/09/17 1:21:56 PM
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Re: Challenge 670: Napoleon drowses
Mariner wrote:
Nice one Gordon. Are you sure Napoleon had a laptop?


But of course he had a laptop; how else would he have booked Easyjet for his flight from Moscow?

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Posted on 04/09/17 1:33:26 PM
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Re: Challenge 670: Napoleon drowses
Good moaning tout le monde at Hot French Fries. (my leetle Hotchip joke - ees funny - no?)

Eet ees vrai, I used my leetle laptop to book mah seat from Moscow on Easyjet but zose Breetish, zey told me zat I would have to wait until they had invented zee aeroplane. So I had to walk back to Paree in the snow! Zut alors.

Zey are cunning zose Rosbifs; zey even name zeir battles after their railway stations just to annoy les Francais and their generals after a pair of waterproof boots!

Bon chance tout le monde.

Votre ami,

Boney


Posted on 04/09/17 4:28:13 PM
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Re: Challenge 670: Napoleon drowses
GKB wrote:
But of course he had a laptop; how else would he have booked Easyjet for his flight from Moscow?





Posted on 04/09/17 5:06:18 PM
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Posted on 04/09/17 6:39:06 PM
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I love the realistic ambiance Gordon, but--oh that lady ain't realistic

Smooth work as usual Anna

When the Maestro says Napoleon, it's "open season"

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Posted on 05/09/17 12:26:02 PM
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From a portrait in 1814, by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856)


Posted on 05/09/17 2:37:50 PM
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Re: Challenge 670: Napoleon drowses
Not tonight pet



Posted on 05/09/17 3:08:14 PM
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From a portrait in 1814, by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856)
Mariner wrote:



Fantastic Michael!!!

Posted on 05/09/17 3:15:54 PM
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Hey, I am glad you like it Michael!

Posted on 05/09/17 4:11:18 PM
josephine harvatt
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Boney wrote:
Good moaning tout le monde at Hot French Fries. (my leetle Hotchip joke - ees funny - no?)

Eet ees vrai, I used my leetle laptop to book mah seat from Moscow on Easyjet but zose Breetish, zey told me zat I would have to wait until they had invented zee aeroplane. So I had to walk back to Paree in the snow! Zut alors.

Zey are cunning zose Rosbifs; zey even name zeir battles after their railway stations just to annoy les Francais and their generals after a pair of waterproof boots!

Bon chance tout le monde.

Votre ami,

Boney







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Posted on 05/09/17 4:11:19 PM
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Non d'un nom! The curse of the double post strikes again!


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