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b"Napoleon was buried in an unmarked grave in St. Helena. But, 19 years later, on 15th December, 1840, he got buried again: this time at Les Invalides, Paris.\\nIt was an ornate state occasion, involving multiple caskets, 500 sailors, 14 semi-naked female statues... and a lot of lardy cakes.\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal what Napoleon\\u2019s cadaver looked like; explain why a previous petition to relocate his remains had failed; and discover an unexpectedly culinary description of the day from The Sunday Times\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Bring Him Home: How Napoleon Bonaparte\\u2019s delayed funeral came to be\\u2019 (Lapham\\u2019s Quarterly, 2020): https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/bring-him-home\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Napoleon\\u2019s legacy: ashes, tombs and DNA\\u2019 (National Geographic, 2010): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/napoleons-legacy\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Secrets of Les Invalides: Home to war veterans and Napoleon\\u2019 (France 24, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA4uvmiPVUQ\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\\n#1800s #Person #War #Politics #Macabre #France\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"