Is this the face of a romantic?

“What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What magical fluid surrounds us and hides from us those things we most need to know? We are born, we live, we die in the midst of the marvelous.” (Letter to Josephine)

The young Napoleon was a passionate lover and idealistic warrior. The Emperor seemed an entirely different man. Yet when Napoleon lay dying, he said his Josephine came to him and promised him they would soon be together again, forever. True love never dies.

Next time: Shopping and birding in France!