THE TRUTH GOES THROUGH THREE STAGES: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently attacked; Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. It is easy to succumb to the temptation of quoting recognized authorities and get information from secondary sources rather than do primary research. A quote from a written document made by one historian and uncritically repeatedly another soon acquires the authority of "Common Knowledge". The research for this investigation did not rely on accepted HISTORIAN EVALUATION, but rather on the companions that shared the exile with Napoleon. Their eyewitness reports were confirmed by nuclear science. THE PURSUIT OF FACTUAL DETAIL IS THE RELIGION OF PERFECTION. Back to Assassination of Napoleon Back to War Lore: The List Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Ben Weider. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com