The First Emperor

Napoleon's last horse gets a makeover

Edit The National 03 Jul 2016

One of the emperor's favourites steeds, Le Vizir shared his great victories at Jena and Eylau and accompanied his master into his exile on Elba after Napoleon's first forced abdication in 1814 ... By then, Napoleon III — the first Napoleon's nephew -was on the French throne "so of course, everything linked to Napoleon I was welcome," said Mr Spourdos....

Napoleon’s last and favorite horse is restored

Edit Japan Times 03 Jul 2016

Visitors to the Army Museum in Paris are being treated to the rare sight of two taxidermists at work restoring a stuffed horse — the last one ridden by Napoleon Bonaparte. Le Vizir is a little worse for wear more than 200 years after carrying the emperor to victory against the Prussians and the Russians appeared first on The Japan Times . > ... ....

Ambling around Addis

Edit Indian Express 03 Jul 2016

The capital city Addis Ababa (New Flower), founded in 1887 by Emperor Menelik II, is the pivot around which the country seems to move ... The museum displays rare exhibits dating back to the country’s last emperor, including artwork, royal jewellery, formal apparel and statues ... At her feet sits a lion, the symbol of Ethiopia’s emperors....

We have slipped into a parallel universe – and we’re one step closer to the ...

Edit The Independent 03 Jul 2016

A fluctuation in the space-time vortex drags the Tardis through the Void into an alternate reality ... Then the Timelord glances up to see massive Zeppelins floating across the sky, and meets Winston Churchill as a romper-suited Roman Emperor....

Napoleon's Stuffed Horse Gets Paris Makeover

Edit Skynews 03 Jul 2016

The Arabian stallion - which bears the initial of the famous emperor - is being patched up, rehydrated and dusted down ... ....

Books: National best sellers, 7/3/2016

Edit Denver Post 03 Jul 2016

The Girls, by Emma Cline ... The Pursuit, by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg ... Before the Fall, by Noah Hawley ... The Emperor’s Revenge, by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison ... The Patriots, by David Fisher....

Far-sighted vision of empire

Edit Otago Daily Times 03 Jul 2016

He founded the Otago Daily Times with W ... Cutten, and hired Benjamin Farjeon, another Jew from London, whom he might have known from the Australian goldfields, as his manager ... In the story, a young woman, Hilda Fitzherbert, the member of Parliament for Dunedin in the imperial government, becomes a most influential politician, an adviser of the Emperor ... The plot is foiled by the Emperor's spymaster, "a very remarkable man....

Weezer is still exceedingly awesome, headlines curious lineup in N.J. (PHOTOS)

Edit NJ dot com 03 Jul 2016

Overlap in diehard fandom for the two groups was minimal at PNC Bank Arts Center, especially since Panic!'s pounding January LP snagged a new, more pop-focused gaggle of teens -- who weren't even twinkles when Weezer's "Buddy Holly" first commandeered MTV. ... Though Panic!'s new album "Death of a Bachelor" was the band's first No....

Archaeologists may have discovered Buddha's skull

Edit Deccan Chronicle 03 Jul 2016

Researchers believe that a chunk of skull, mixed with a collection of remains of Buddhist saints, which were uncovered within the gold chest, belonged to Siddhartha Gautama. Archaeologists made the find during excavations at a Buddhist temple in Nanjing China in 2010 ... The inscriptions indicated that it was constructed during the time of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, 997-1022 A.D....

Turning the pages of history

Edit DNA India 03 Jul 2016

Looking for the Hazrat Shah Waliullah Public Library in Old Delhi is a bit like a treasure hunt. You ask for Pahari Imli, the area you're told it's located in, and are told it's one of the warren of lanes in Chooriwalan, behind the Jama Masjid ... We have a copy of Diwane Zafar, a collection of poetry by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar which was printed in 1855 at the Royal Press inside the Red Fort....

City of mosques sings of the holy month

Edit The Times of India 03 Jul 2016

It is unlikely that any other place in the country has as many mosques as Rander town located on river Tapi in Surat district ... No wonder it is called the 'City of Mosques'. During Ramzan and even in other months of the year, the town comes to life when the muezzins call Muslims to prayers at different mosques. Several centuries back, wealthy Muslims of Rander had built mosques in every area of the town ... From around the web....

Oklahoma and national best-sellers

Edit The Oklahoman 03 Jul 2016

“Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard” by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion) ... “The Long and Faraway Gone” by Lou Berney (Harper) ... “The Nest” by Cynthia Sweeney (Ecco Press) ... (TIE) “Cowboy Camp” by Tammi Sauer (Sterling) and “Biscuit in the Garden” by Alyssa Capucilli (HarperCollins) ... The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas” by Gwendolyn Hooks (Lee & Low Books) ... "The Emperor's Revenge" by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison (G.P ... "The Gene....

The mutual love affair between Thailand and Japan, a rarity in Asia