Summary
Though airbrushed from the historical record, this aspect of the emperor's life oddly survives in a misunderstood (though not apocryphal, as often thought) quotation. Indeed, the champion of gunboat diplomacy had just read her suggested sequence of soup; turbot and salmon; leveret, veal and mushrooms; guinea fowl and leg of lamb; charlotte, jelly, meringue, ice pudding and lobster salad, with further desserts to follow.
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History Is Bunk No 3953
Hon menshes to Alanna Blake, Katie Mallett and Derek Morgan ("Tubby or not tubby, fat is the question"). The winners get £20, the best of whom (El Basili...
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