Topic: napoleon

What Anne Frank & Other Famous Historical Figures Would’ve Really Thought Of Justin Bieber

What Anne Frank & Other Famous Historical Figures Would've Really Thought Of Justin Bieber
Shirley Temple
Margaret Thatcher
Abraham Lincoln
Cleopatra
Napoleon Bonaparte

Yesterday, Justin Bieber said something that irritated a lot of people (in fact, Amanda literally threw stuff across the room and screamed). While visiting the Anne Frank House in Germany, he wrote this message in the guestbook: “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.”

Yeah. Uhm. More »

How To Style Your Home As If You’re A French Empress

How To Style Your Home As If You're A French Empress
An elaborate entrance
Own an exotic animal
A fashionable salon for receiving guests
Excessive flowers
Gold kitchenware

In my readings this morning, I discovered that on this day in 1796 Joséphine de Beauharnais married the famous general Napoléon Bonaparte. Although Beauharnais had been known as “Rose” in her life before Napoléon, it was when he crowned her the First Empress of France that he decided to call her Joséphine instead. From then on, Joséphine referred to herself as such, as did everyone else. More »