Finding Napoleon Bonaparte in Madrid – Part 1

Monumento Dos de Mayo, Madrid

When you’re visiting Madrid, it’s painful to be an admirer of Napoleon Bonaparte. It’s similar to how I felt on my visit to Vietnam when I heard the Vietnam War called “the War of American Aggression.” In Madrid, what I know as “the Peninsula War” became “the War for Spanish Independence.” History’s a matter of …

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