tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post1288851961261328578..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Napoleon on St HelenaAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53947347579576223292010-06-06T15:53:53.733-07:002010-06-06T15:53:53.733-07:00Jesper, I'm great, thanks. Thanks also for yo...Jesper, I'm great, thanks. Thanks also for your comment, but I still don't need viagra.:-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-44356610178699101592009-10-29T17:33:21.105-07:002009-10-29T17:33:21.105-07:00No, no; perfectly fair. His influence on the cour...No, no; perfectly fair. His influence on the course of European history was quite malign. How's that for an unbiased opinion!<br /><br />Yes, that's right about Beethoven.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-79423398979363029012009-10-29T02:28:23.851-07:002009-10-29T02:28:23.851-07:00Poor Napoleon! I was touched by the description o...Poor Napoleon! I was touched by the description of him in Purgatory given by CS Lewis - completely obsessed by his own grandness, and drifting slowly away into an eternal nothingness. Unfair? Maybe.<br /><br />I read years ago that Beethoven dedicated his Third Symphony to Napoleon but, on the day that he declared himself emporer, Beethoven angrily scratched his name from the title page and wrote 'Prometheus' in its place.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05770347372942866924noreply@blogger.com