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[sarainc]

Daily Routine: Napoleon Bonaparte

[Napoleon at Saint Helena, the site of his second exile and eventual death.]Briefly: Napoleon’s daily routine was perforce limited. Marchand awakened him early and served coffee in bed. One or more of the valets washed him and helped him shave, then rubbed him down with a coarse brush and doused him with eau de

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[petrusplancius]

I too never feel fully awake in the morning until my valet has rubbed me down with a coarse brush.

[byname]

How incredibly boring. I really do not envy anything from the past one bit. :)

[stillcarl]

Not even the occasional twitting?