"LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!"
Dramatised Life of Napoleon Heard From All ZB Stations TT story of one of the most colourful personalities of history is heard in the new radio feature "Long Live the Emperor!" the life story of the great Napoleon. The young Corsican corporal, who rose from obscurity to become one of the most famous figures of European history, has been the subject for more stories and plays than any other person: of comparatively recent times. Napoleon Bonaparte, even in his early career as a soldier, showed little sign of the genius which was to bring him to the position of Emperor of the French and of half Europe, and one of the greatest military minds of last century. At the military school in Paris, he was a quiet and inoffensive lad, but in active service he displayed a grasp of strategy which soon raised him to a commanding position, and with the arrival of the French Revolution he found his chance for self-aggrandise-ment, Eventually appointed to the command of one of the French Armies, he soon took charge, by degrees, of the political situation, and when the French began to tire of the Republican system of government, Napoleon was so strongly
entrenched that he had himself proclaimed Emperor. In the radio serial of " Long Live the Emperor!" listeners hear the whole story of this remarkable man-his rise to power, his personal life as well as his public deeds, and his final fall and humiliation, There is a lesson in the
career of Napoleon which applies to-day, and a romance in his story which makes the feature one of the most interesting on the air. "Long Live the Emperor!" is heard from all ZB stations on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 9 p.m.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 45, 3 May 1940, Page 47
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294"LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!" New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 45, 3 May 1940, Page 47
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