TY - BOOK ID - 77921076 TI - Meteors that enlighten the Earth : Napoleon and the cult of great men PY - 2013 SN - 1443843105 9781443843102 1299645151 9781299645158 1443842079 9781443842075 9781443842075 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Napoleon KW - Bonapart, Napoleon, KW - Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana, KW - Bonaparte, Napoleão, KW - Bonaparte, Napoleon, KW - Bonaparte, Napoleone, KW - Bonaparṭeh, Napolyon, KW - Buonaparte, Napoleon, KW - Na-pʻo-lun, KW - Nābuliyūn, KW - Napoleone KW - Napʻolleong, KW - Napolun, KW - נפוליאון KW - נפוליאון, KW - نابليون KW - بونابرت، نابليون، KW - Būnābart, Nābuliyūn, KW - Influence. KW - Europe KW - Politics and government KW - Napoléon KW - Bonaparte, Napoléon KW - Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana KW - Bonaparte, Napoleão KW - Bonaparte, Napoleon KW - Bonaparte, Napoleone KW - Buonaparte, Napoleon KW - Na-pʻo-lun KW - Napolun KW - Napoleon I Bonaparte [Emperor of the French] UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77921076 AB - Napoleon promoted and honored great men throughout his reign. In addition to comparing himself to various great men, he famously established a Legion of Honor on 19 May 1802 to honor both civilians and soldiers, including non-ethnically French men. Napoleon not only created an Irish Legion in 1803 and later awarded William Lawless and John Tennent the Legion of Honour. Napoleon also gave them an Eagle with the inscription "L'Indépendence d'Irlande." He awarded twenty-six of his generals t... ER -