Napoleon has fun with puns!

>One evening after Wagram, [Napoleon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) and Rapp, who would tease him in a way few others were permitted, were playing *vingt-et-un* (pontoon or blackjack) for gold twenty-franc coins minted since 1803 and called napoleons, when the Emperor attempted a pun. ‘Rapp, are not the Germans very fond of these little napoleons?’ he asked. >’’Yes, Sire,’ Rapp replied. ‘They like them much better than the big one.’ >’That, I suppose,’ laughed the Emperor, ‘is what you call German frankness.’ ____________________ **Source:** Roberts, Andrew. "Zenith." *Napoleon: A Life*. New York: Penguin, 2014. 535. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Rapp, *Memoirs* p. 26. ____________________ **Further Reading:** [Napoleone di Buonaparte / Napoléon Bonaparte / Napoleon I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon) [General Count Jean Rapp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rapp) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**