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Napoleon's Bicycle.
Cycling the Napoleonic campaigns in Europe and beyond.
Happy Christmas everyone!

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Tiernan McBride's film of Paul Brady's 'Arthur McBride'.mpg
YouTube video by Paul Brady Videos
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December 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cork city library on Grand Parade are hosting a Jane Austen season with a talk about period costumes and tea etiquette. Happy 250th!
www.corkcitylibraries.ie/en/events/th...
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A Palace in Gaza where Napoleon is reputed to have stayed, has been destroyed. cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Over 300 Gaza Heritage Sites Destroyed by Israeli Airstrikes... "Napoleon Fortress" Also Damaged
On November 18 (local time), Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported that many historical sites in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed during more tha...
cm.asiae.co.kr
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
An excellent website all about the Napoleonic era:

www.napoleon-empire.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Charles Bonaparte reflects on Napoleon's impact on Malta.

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More to Napoleon in Malta than just looting churches, says great-great-nephew
Charles Prince Napoléon believes La Valette’s sword should be returned, but only on loan
timesofmalta.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
We stayed a night in Sisteron on our cycle from Cannes to Waterloo in 2015. A lovely town in a dramatic landscape.
www.journee-mondiale.com/en/this-fren...
This French fortress town sits dramatically between two worlds (Napoleon couldn't conquer it)
www.journee-mondiale.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A handy overview of Napoleon's Italian campaigns.
www.thecollector.com/napoleon-ita...
September 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Not everyone's cup of tea but you have to admire the dedication.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/w...
A Napoleon From Long Island Meets His Waterloo
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On this day in 1815, the Battle of Waterloo took place outside Brussels in Belgium.
June 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Prince and his Napoleonic costumes.
www.napoleon.org/histoire-des...
June 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In 1812 artist Jacques-Louis David designed an alternative standard for Napoleon's army which was a more Roman design. Would it have been better? www.napoleon.org/histoire-des...
Études autour des projets d’étendards de l’armée - napoleon.org
De nouveaux étendards En janvier 1812, l’Empereur prescrit la confection de nouveaux étendards, à renouveler tous les trois ans, demandant à ce que
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May 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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A mobile bicycle-trailer pop-up library ... with hammocks. Genius.
February 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Anyone lose a bike this morning?
Abandoned bike. @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Napoleon wanted to bring an Egyptian obelisk back to France in 1798 but it didn't arrive until 1836. It's still revealing secrets.
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French Egyptologist Decodes Secret Messages on Luxor Obelisk
A French Egyptologist has uncovered seven hidden messages within the hieroglyphs of the Luxor Obelisk in Paris, revealing the powerful propaganda of Pharaoh Ramses II. Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier,...
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April 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The Napoleonic era signal tower at Bray Head on Valentia Island is being refurbished. Let's hope they do a good job.
m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
Work begins on €2m Valentia Island tourism project on the Wild Atlantic Way
Construction work has begun this week on a €2m tourism project on Valentia island in Kerry which will enhance the tourism product of Kerry and the Wild Atlantic Way.
m.independent.ie
April 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
'There is little left of the palace – a mansion and fortress during Mamluk and Ottoman rule over Gaza and where Napoleon Bonaparte once spent several nights.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
March 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Just recorded a phenomenal episode with @drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social on the 1796 French Invasion of Ireland led by Lazare Hoche. This episode will be out in a few months. #napoleon #hoche #ireland
March 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Visited Whiddy Island near Bantry, West Cork yesterday. Three redoubts were built there in the early 1800's by the British to protect against a French invasion.
February 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM