[Film] Joaquin Phoenix to play Napoleon

[cunning fergus]

Which was sort of my point. He was Corsican and very proud of it. I find it ironic that France’s greatest general and Leader was neither French nor the establishment.


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Understood, I personally think the whole French Revolution period is fascinating, given the thirst from many today for “revolution” there is much to learn from the French experience.

Napoleon is merely the cherry on the cake, but still important as once he had replaced the monarch as part of the revolution, he then became a de facto monarch, married a Hapsburg princess and has his family sit on thrones around Europe.

The reverence he has in France today is incredible really, given the view many in this country have about our past heroes, it’s interesting that in France their peers have not been yanking down his monuments etc.

He essentially restored slavery and sent an army to recover Haiti from the slaves that had taken over the island in their own revolution which had in part been inspired by the French Revolution, no liberte, egalite and fraternite for black slaves. Their leader Toissant died in a French prison.

Plus ca change as they say in France.