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- Napoleon, Europe and the Empire
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- There are certain men who have changed the face of the world.
- Men who have shaped History.
- Men whose influence has remodelled our system of rules and whose destiny has left its mark on the
- course of time.
- Re-live History in the making with "NAPOLEON, EUROPE AND THE EMPIRE"
- A Corsican lieutenant in the French army became Emperor by the age of 30; he married the
- daughter of the Emperor of Austria and became the nephew of Louis XVI.
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- During his lifetime he brought defeat to every army in Europe, conquered countries, created
- Republics and Kingdoms, changing the course of History before ending his days in exile on a small,
- isolated island off the coast of Africa.
- The life of Napoleon is a truly epic story!
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- "NAPOLEON, EUROPE AND THE EMPIRE" is a complete multimedia package which presents a
- panoramic view of Napoleon's life and times through more than 250 accounts containing maps and
- commentaries and backed by music from Beethoven, Haydn and Tchaikovsky.
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- Day by day you'll discover the character of the General, the Consul, the Emperor and the exiled
- man as well as the important aspects of his encounters and his era. Re-live his battles, Marengo,
- Austerlitz and Waterloo...
- "NAPOLEON, EUROPE AND THE EMPIRE" is a highly entertaining cultural show.
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- Another strength of "NAPOLEON, EUROPE AND THE EMPIRE" is in the flexibility it offers the
- user.
- Its original navigation control panel lets you go exactly where you wish at any moment. For
- example, access the index or one of the 5 topical museums such as the Museum of Painting or the
- Museum of Masterpieces.
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- Thanks to the hypertext links you can instantly find extra information you desire in an lexicon
- containing more than 500 documents, totalling over 700 pages, on the characters, the places, the
- treaties, the anecdotes and the ideas of the time such as "La Philosophie des LumiΦres".
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- In the chronological table (Calendar) you can get an overall perspective of the relationships
- between different events in Napoleon's life and the social, scientific, economic and cultural life of
- 18th century Europe.
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- Far from the battlefields you can enjoy a superb collection of more than 250 paintings by David,
- Goya, Turner and other painters contemporary to Napoleon, not forgetting the engravings showing
- great engineering works of the era.
- The historical content of this CD ROM was produced with the co-operation of experts from the
- RΘunion des musΘes nationaux (French Museums Board).
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- "NAPOLEON, EUROPE AND THE EMPIRE" allows you to experience History in a way you've
- never seen it before.
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- Come and discover "NAPOLEON, EUROPE AND THE EMPIRE"
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- The strong points
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- High quality cultural program
- Real entertainment
- Educational content
- Reliable facts
- Great multimedia production
- 800 pages of text
- over 2.5 hours of animated accounts
- over 350 pictures
- 30 military and geo-political maps
- appendix with 500 documents
- total navigation via hyper-text links
- music by Beethoven, Haydn, Tchaikovsky
- text files immediately ready for printing or use in word-processing
- available on Macintosh CD-ROM or PC CD-ROM
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- Napoleon, Europe and the Empire
- Readme
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- Configuration
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- 486 DX 33 MHz or higher
- 8 MB RAM
- Microsoft« Windows« 3.1 or higher
- VGA (640 x 480) monitor, 256 colours
- Sound card 100% Sound Blaster compatible installed under Windows«
- Loudspeakers
- Double speed CD-ROM drive
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- How to install QuickTime for Windows«
- If you have not previously installed QuickTime for Windows« on your computer, follow the
- installation instructions contained in the file QTW.201.
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- Starting the program
- From Windows«:
- Insert the disk in the CD-ROM drive.
- Open the File Manager.
- Select the CD-ROM drive.
- Double-click onto NAPOLEON.EXE
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- Quitting the program:
- Press Ctrl-Q or ESCape.
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- Click once then choose Quit or Resume at the lower left of the screen.
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