Quote of the day by Napoleon Bonaparte: ‘The throne is only a piece of wood covered with velvet. What gives it power is the imagination of men’ and how true strength resides in the minds of those who believe
Jacques-Louis David’s iconic portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, where the French ruler is crowning himself On New Year’s Day in 1814, inside the Tuileries Palace in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte faced opposition from his own legislature. The armies of the Sixth Coalition were crossing the Rhine and entering French territory. Instead of calming the politicians who criticised…
