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Napoleon still divides opinion 200 years on

By Agence France-Presse in Paris | China Daily | Updated: 2015-06-05 07:42

Under the glittering dome of the Invalides military hospital in Paris, where Napoleon lies buried, France's great general continues to divide opinion, 200 years after his historic defeat at Waterloo.

The few French tourists who come to pay their respects bicker among themselves: for Jean-Marie, Napoleon was a "dictator" but his wife Claudine reminds him that he "accomplished great things, including France's legal system".

And while another French tourist, Mika, criticises Napoleon's "excesses of power", his girlfriend retorts that he "exported the values of the French revolution".

Napoleon still divides opinion 200 years on

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