“The appearance of Bonaparte in Palestine was only like the passing of a terrible meteor, which, after causing much devastation, again disappears.”
More about: Coronavirus, Exodus, History & Ideas, Napoleon Bonaparte, Plague
A famous and sorely misunderstood painting of Napoleon touching plague victims in Palestine illuminates the current moment.
Antoine-Jean Gros’s Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa, c. 1804. Wikimedia.
“The appearance of Bonaparte in Palestine was only like the passing of a terrible meteor, which, after causing much devastation, again disappears.”
More about: Coronavirus, Exodus, History & Ideas, Napoleon Bonaparte, Plague
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