Friday, 29 January 2021

Got a spare million Euros?

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/napoleon-bonaparte-manuscript-victory-battle-of-austerlitz-goes-on-sale

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  1. That’s only the start of it, the postage and the vat payable when it arrives would no doubt double that figure...lol.

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    1. Never a truer word......

      ... but at least we’re a free nation again. We don’t have to kowtow to Brussels any more. Just Washington.

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  2. Story seems to miss the interesting part for me: the provenance of the document?

    Tony S

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    1. That sort of thing doesn’t bother the Max Hastingses of the world.

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