Relics taken from Napoleon Bonaparte in his final days — including a lock of his hair and the sweat-stained shirt
he died in — will go up for auction in France later this month.
he died in — will go up for auction in France later this month.
The items — which also include the French emperor’s ivory cane, bandages and handkerchiefs and a bottle with dirt from his tomb — had been stored in a case in a small Corsican village and barely touched since Napoleon’s death in 1821 on the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
in a small Corsican village and barely touched since Napoleon’s death in 1821 on the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
A 90-year-old haberdasher who inherited the relics from the family of Napoleon’s horseman gave them to Osenat auction house. They’ll go on the block March 23 in Fontainebleau.
house. They’ll go on the block March 23 in Fontainebleau.
Auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat told Reuters TV that DNA from the hair could solve a long-standing debate about Napoleon’s death.
“We can effectively know whether or not there was arsenic in the hair of the emperor at the moment
of his death,” he said. “Personally, I am convinced he died from a
natural death, a cancer of the stomach like his father, but I know there
are people who think he was poisoned.
of his death,” he said. “Personally, I am convinced he died from a
natural death, a cancer of the stomach like his father, but I know there
are people who think he was poisoned.Πηγή : nypost.com/
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