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Historical figures #3N

Napoleon

There are few historical figures that are better known than Napoleon Bonaparte
(1769-1851). But, of course, I am going to give you a brief bio anyway.

Napoleon was born in Corsica and was of Italian lineage. He was an officer in the
French army when the French Revolution occurred, sided with the rebels, and rose
to the rank of General within 4 years. Given command of one of the French armies
he quickly won a series of campaigns and became a very popular figure. A coup in
1799 led to him becoming the nation’s leader and, in 1804, the self declared French
Emperor.

A whole series of battles and wars were fought in the early 1800’s, most of which
were won by the French under Napoleon’s direct command. So good was he that his
tactics are still studied today. He was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in
1815 and exiled to the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, where
he eventually died.

There are so many Napoleon minis I have written two Napoleon
articles, one for NZMBC and one for MMBC. In these articles I have
only included bottles showing Napoleon, not the hundreds of Napoleon
Brandy minis that do not show him, or the Imperial Eagle or other
symbols associated with Nappy (as his mates call him).

Above we have three Napoleon Cognacs. These are
from Sauvion, Prenier and a Larsen Cognac Vieux (old).
Cazanove made the only liqueur I have to show you and
San Gil the only Armagnac (my personal favourite
brandy). Waterloo is from The Whisky Connoisseur.

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