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Ben Weider, Founder & PresidentThe International Napoleonic Society, organized under the authority of the government of Canada and headquartered in Montreal, was founded by noted Napoleonic Historian, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and philanthropist, Dr. Ben Weider.
If ever a ruler owed his position to what is called the "will of the people," Napoleon did. Napoleon won it by his success with the sword, not the sword of execution, nor the sword of the guillotine, but the sword of battle against the enemies of France. Paper presented at the International Congress of the International Napoleonic Society, Allessandria, Italy, June 21-26, 1997. This paper is based on a lecture given at the International Military History Festival "Borodino Day," Borodino Russia - September 5-10, 1997 and at the Sandhurst Military Academy, London, England, February 18, 1998. Napoléon est il mort empoisonné? "Napoléon a-t-il été assassiné et par qui? Question terrible qui se repose régulièrement et provoque à chaque fois de nouveaux débats." Lecture given at the 27th Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, Louisiana State University, Louisiana, USA Mon Pèlerinage À Sainte Hélène en juillet 1975 Conférence donnée au 27ième consortium sur l’Europe révolutionnaire, Université de l’état de la Louisiane, mars 1997
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