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Making HistoryNapoleon: Snappy Dresser?

17 min

Napoleon's gray frock coat was a way of conveying to Europe that though he was now a statesman, he was first and foremost a man of war. Even more than the legendary bicorne, the frock coat became a piece of visual propaganda, proof of the Emperor's power.

Director

Jean-Dominique Ferrucci

Country

France

Year

2020

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