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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