Napoleon was a Big Guy Really

Napoleon Was a Big Guy Really

Napoleon was actually a tall guy. Did you know that? It’s true. The legend that the great conqueror of Europe was severely vertically challenged is just that—a legend. Maybe not quite an urban myth—I don’t think they had those back then—but nevertheless, a myth.

It illustrates, however, the mismatch between the French and Anglo-Saxon worlds.

A Cultural Difference

robbed Napoleon of nearly  six inches. When he died, of stomach cancer (they said) , his captors, the B...