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France 3
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France Televisions
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Almost 200 years after his death, the Emperor Napoleon is still fascinating. A book a day is published about him in the world. Each time, his stories make bookstore successes.
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In Delphine Bouetard’s bookstore, in Paris, Napoleon books are prominently. It always arouses great interest among readers. “He is a historical figure who speaks to the greatest number, there is indeed an interest, because we learned at school and we retained, because there were films …“, explains the bookseller. Many have something to say about the emperor.”He was already advocating a kind of European federation, which was not understood in his time.“, launches a reader, when another sees in this”cleavage character” about what “unleash passions“.
Napoleon is the most written figure in the world, but he hated writing. However, a family of collectors has a few rare manuscripts, such as the 74-page Austerlitz manuscript. It was put at a price for one million euros. The emperor dictated his manuscripts to his seven secretaries. Napoleon, on the other hand, was a great reader. At the Château de Fontainebleau, an imperial library has 35,000 books that belonged to him.
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