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Post by ukron on May 7, 2021 12:45:32 GMT
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Post by lordroel on May 7, 2021 14:03:51 GMT
You should check out Napoleon in America Paperback by Shannon Selin Synopsis What if Napoleon Bonaparte had escaped from St. Helena and wound up in the United States?
The year is 1821. Former French Emperor Napoleon has been imprisoned on a dark wart in the Atlantic since his defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Rescued in a state of near-death by Gulf pirate Jean Laffite, Napoleon lands in New Orleans, where he struggles to regain his health aided by voodoo priestess Marie Laveau. Opponents of the Bourbon regime expect him to reconquer France. French Canadians beg him to seize Canada from Britain. American adventurers urge him to steal Texas from Mexico. His brother Joseph pleads with him to settle peacefully in New Jersey. As Napoleon restlessly explores his new land, he frets about his legacy. He fears for the future of his ten-year-old son, trapped in the velvet fetters of the Austrian court. While the British, French and American governments follow his activities with growing alarm, remnants of the Grande Armée flock to him with growing anticipation. Are Napoleon’s intentions as peaceful as he says they are? If not, does he still have the qualities necessary to lead a winning campaign? |
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Post by ukron on May 8, 2021 1:32:33 GMT
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Post by oscssw on May 8, 2021 15:20:28 GMT
Not to worry about Napoleon. Horatio Hornblower prevented his escape from Saint Helena.
How?
Admiral Hornblower paid a visit to New Orleans aboard schooner HMS Crab. He discovers a plot by Napoleon's most fanatical supporters to rescue him from the isolated island of St Helena. Hornblower manages to intercept their ship Daring, but has neither the legal right or force to stop them. He lies to their leader,a very gullible fool,telling him that Napoleon is dead. Turns out his lie was true and once again he gets away with a bluff.
Too bad Mr. Bush, my favorite Hornblower character, was not alive to enjoy the joke.
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Post by lordroel on May 8, 2021 16:54:55 GMT
Not to worry about Napoleon. Horatio Hornblower prevented his escape from Saint Helena.
How?
Admiral Hornblower paid a visit to New Orleans aboard schooner HMS Crab. He discovers a plot by Napoleon's most fanatical supporters to rescue him from the isolated island of St Helena. Hornblower manages to intercept their ship Daring, but has neither the legal right or force to stop them. He lies to their leader,a very gullible fool,telling him that Napoleon is dead. Turns out his lie was true and once again he gets away with a bluff.
Too bad Mr. Bush, my favorite Hornblower character, was not alive to enjoy the joke. Like Hornblower books and TV series, as well as the Sharp books and movies. But going back to the topic, Napoleon in Texas leading a army of ex-Grande Armée soldiers against Santa Anna and his Mexican Army, that is a thing to like. |
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Post by stevep on May 9, 2021 11:27:16 GMT
Not to worry about Napoleon. Horatio Hornblower prevented his escape from Saint Helena.
How?
Admiral Hornblower paid a visit to New Orleans aboard schooner HMS Crab. He discovers a plot by Napoleon's most fanatical supporters to rescue him from the isolated island of St Helena. Hornblower manages to intercept their ship Daring, but has neither the legal right or force to stop them. He lies to their leader,a very gullible fool,telling him that Napoleon is dead. Turns out his lie was true and once again he gets away with a bluff.
Too bad Mr. Bush, my favorite Hornblower character, was not alive to enjoy the joke. Like Hornblower books and TV series, as well as the Sharp books and movies. But going back to the topic, Napoleon in Texas leading a army of ex-Grande Armée soldiers against Santa Anna and his Mexican Army, that is a thing to like.
What would the date of such an operation be as Santa Anna didn't really become prominent until the end of the 1820's as a primary figure and by then Napoleon is getting on a bit for active campaigning? If you mean the historical Texan/Tejan revolution that's another 5 years down the line.
Also what would be the incentive for Napoleon to invade Mexico? Is he doing it for personal power in which case what is his power-base from which to organise an invasion? Is he doing it in support of US expansion in which case how well would an autocratic like Napoleon be operating with a basically democratic [by the standards of the time] US? Ditto in getting numbers of his veterans across the Atlantic without other powers [cough Britain & Bourbon France cough] opposing it and what would be their motivation for fighting an ocean away for a man who seems to have given up on France?
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