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Nov 2023
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Napoleon | Charlemagne's Crown | 2

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It’s not enough for Napoleon to dominate France. He fights right across Europe before sweeping into Notre Dame, Josephine at his side, to claim an imperial crown, watched by Europe’s elite.


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