Me: Good morning Mon Empereur.
Napoleon: Bon jour, Guillaume.
Me: Many thanks for joining me on my blog. It's nearly as lonely a place as Chapelle Saint-Jérôme I'd guess.
Napoleon: Main non. I have more than a million visitors every year.
Me: But they don't all get inside the sarcophagus.
Napoleon: C'est vrai. That would be an invasion of my personal space.
Me: Why are you known by your first name when other important people are known by their second name? Like Wellington for example if I may mention him.
Napoleon: Wellington is neither the first nor second name of Arthur Wesley.
Me: I think you mean Wellesley.
Napoleon: Non. He was born Wesley. Perhaps he change it later.
Me: I'll check it out. Thanks. How does it feel to be the greatest Frenchman who ever lived apart from William the Conqueror.
Napoleon: Actually I'm a Corsican of Italian descent whilst William the Bastard was a Viking.
Me: Mais naturellement.
Napoleon: How much research do you do before conducting your interviews?
Me: Un petit peu.
Napoleon: Pas assez.
Me: Would it be true to say you are the founder of the European Community?
Napoleon: Yes.
Me: Was that your vision all along?
Napoleon: Mais naturellement.
Me: Didn't you go about it the wrong way? I mean the Napoleonic wars cost over a million lives?
Napoleon: It is how you say breaking omelettes to make eggs?
Me: Something similar. Any comments on your defeat at Waterloo?
Napoleon: It was a disaster for Europe.
Me: Don't you mean for you personally and France?
Napoleon: No. Had I won at Waterloo, there would have been no First World War and no Second World War.
Me: Are you sure?
Napoleon: Absolument.
Me: One final question, do you have any regrets?
Napoleon: Moi? Je ne regrette rien.
Me: Many thanks. I'd better let you get back to Paris.
Napoleon: Merci et au revoir.
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A minute with Napoleon
Me: Good morning Mon Empereur.
Napoleon: Bon jour, Guillaume.
Me: Many thanks for joining me on my blog. It's nearly as lonely a place as Chapelle Saint-Jérôme I'd guess.
Napoleon: Main non. I have more than a million visitors every year.
Me: But they don't all get inside the sarcophagus.
Napoleon: C'est vrai. That would be an invasion of my personal space.
Me: Why are you known by your first name when other important people are known by their second name? Like Wellington for example if I may mention him.
Napoleon: Wellington is neither the first nor second name of Arthur Wesley.
Me: I think you mean Wellesley.
Napoleon: Non. He was born Wesley. Perhaps he change it later.
Me: I'll check it out. Thanks. How does it feel to be the greatest Frenchman who ever lived apart from William the Conqueror.
Napoleon: Actually I'm a Corsican of Italian descent whilst William the Bastard was a Viking.
Me: Mais naturellement.
Napoleon: How much research do you do before conducting your interviews?
Me: Un petit peu.
Napoleon: Pas assez.
Me: Would it be true to say you are the founder of the European Community?
Napoleon: Yes.
Me: Was that your vision all along?
Napoleon: Mais naturellement.
Me: Didn't you go about it the wrong way? I mean the Napoleonic wars cost over a million lives?
Napoleon: It is how you say breaking omelettes to make eggs?
Me: Something similar. Any comments on your defeat at Waterloo?
Napoleon: It was a disaster for Europe.
Me: Don't you mean for you personally and France?
Napoleon: No. Had I won at Waterloo, there would have been no First World War and no Second World War.
Me: Are you sure?
Napoleon: Absolument.
Me: One final question, do you have any regrets?
Napoleon: Moi? Je ne regrette rien.
Me: Many thanks. I'd better let you get back to Paris.
Napoleon: Merci et au revoir.
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