Napoleon Bonaparte's Near-Fatal Christmas
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12/02/17
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(Christine) December may be a celebratory time for many, but in 1800 it caused Napoleon Bonaparte a giant headache. This episode is all about the attempted Christmas Eve assassination of France's future emperor.
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