Cork to host major conference on Napoleonic era
Cork has been selected to host a major conference which will be attended by numerous experts on the Napoleonic era
Cork has been selected to host a major conference which will be attended by numerous experts on the Napoleonic era, primarily because the county has huge connections with Napoleon Bonaparte, who was once the most powerful man in Europe.
Thousands of Irish flocked to fight for the diminutive Frenchman, mainly because they wanted to see Ireland become a republic, like France, and overthrow their English masters.
