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its so crazy to compare this historical marriage to nicholas and alexandra, they could not be more different

counting how many times napoleon is revealed to have said the stupidest thing ive ever heard. he keeps topping himself

the solution to any issue or stress in my life is to simply read a mary renault book

most evil thing anyone could possibly say: "love i believe to be harmful to society and to the individual" NAPOLEON I HATE YOU

so it seems like napoleon spent as many years as possible on leave from the army, and when he wasnt on leave he was petitioning to get paid for his time on leave. loser

so excited to see bruce call napoleon a misogynist on literally the first page she introduced him

i appreciate that the author took every possible opportunity to trash josephine's first husband. he seems like the worst

insane and gross that a 20 yr old man thought a 14 yr old girl was TOO CLOSE to his age for him to marry??

crying bc i had to return the audiobook on libby :,,,,,) so i will finish when i get it back

thettalos i need you to get out of here

i love the way he says ibn taymiyah

in my mind dion is the most attractive man that has ever lived

the entire concept of european military consultants going to the ottoman empire is pissing me off. what could you possibly know??

i really like the way he explains things. he makes complicated things easier to understand but it doesnt feel condescending

im liking this a lot but its so insane to not include villette by charlotte bronte, especially because she talks about jane eyre and shirley

when mary renault was mentioned i screamed!! just kidding but i was really excited

i love love love that the mural of troy by zeuxis and the polykleitos statue of hermes are both back!! from the first book! and the little nod to the last of the wine