Napoleonic Trivia #101 (1 Viewer)

[Grognard]

I know you were missing these so here is one more...:wink2:

Napoléon learned something in 3 months. Doing the same could take years for most of us. What is it?

 

[Napoleon1er]

I believe he learned French in three months, or at least mastered it sufficiently to attend Brienne....
-Sandor :salute::

 

[Mirof]

He learned English, when in exile on St Helene Island
Exiled in Jan 1816, end april he could read and write English, I'm afraid that he was speaking it like "Maurice Chevalier"

 

[Napoleon1er]

Mirof may be right- I am curious to see which one of our answers is it!

 

[Grognard]

Sandor gave the correct answer! Bravo!

Napoleon only spoke Corsican when he moved to France to attend school in Autun in January 1779. He was almost 10 years old and 3 months later he was fluent in French.