Napoleon Fire
Could the high quality well crafted Napoleon fireplaces be named after Napoleon Bonaparte himself? It would make sense actually given the fire that was instilled in Napoleon I to end up influencing the European countries as a whole. So what was his story. There are so many stories I am sure I can’t list them all here but here are a few.
He was born in Corsica on August 15 1768. He trained as a artillery officer for the French army on mainland France. He grew to be a powerful military leader as well as a political leader of France. Of course landing him the position of the Emperor of the French. His actions shaped the 19th century politics of Europe. There were a series of events that lead up to him becoming the Emperor. First was a rise against the government in a coup making himself the First Consul. Then the French Senate recognised him, after a few years, and made him Emperor. He then for the next decade of his new power he took on every European power which was called the Napoleonic Wars . This surely put France on the map as a super power of the day.
But as all good fires they do eventually burn out. The lowering of his flame began when he went up against the Russians. Yes, in 1812, the French invasion of Russia began. This was the beginning of the end. His army was depleted and damaged and never really recovered. But he burned on and through the year until his forces were defeated in Leipzig. Then France was invaded by Coalition forces and force Napoleon into exile. He was put on the island of Elba. He tried to escape but was once again taken down in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. He only lived another six years on the island of Saint Helena. Did he die of stomach cancer or arsenic poisoning? There is still an ongoing debate as to how this fire was put out.
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