MASTER AND COMMANDER

MASTER AND COMMANDER
ICONOGRAPHY OF GREATNESS

WELCOME TO A NEW APPRAISAL OF NAPOLEON

This blog is designed to show the real Napoleon, not the man disparaged by countless writers devoid of the facts who merely regurgitated the same misinformation either in blissful ignorance or in wilful spite.

BEHOLD A RISING STAR

BEHOLD A RISING STAR
NAPOLEON IN EGYPT

A FAMOUS HAT

A FAMOUS HAT
AHEAD OF THE REST

Tuesday 25 October 2011

IMPORTANT RUSSIANS AT THE TIME OF NAPOLEON

Even though I have been studying the Napoleonic era for many years, I still did not know what certain important historical characters actually looked like - hence I decided to do a little research. Most of the pictures below come from the fantastic Hermitage collection which is free to peruse to your heart's content. I recommend it unreservedly. I've found images from many different periods of history that are absolutely fascinating.






































































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