Centuries later, another famous dictator also had problems on his wedding night, but of a completely different sort. Napoleon and Josephine were in the middle of passionate sex when Napoleon suddenly cried out.
She thought he was crying in ecstasy, but actually her dog had bitten his leg. As M. de Ravine put it, “All night the disappointed Josephine had to put compresses on her invalid’s wound. He huddled in the bed and loudly moaned that he was dying of rabies.”
Source:
Stephens, John Richard. “Eyewitness Reports.” Weird History 101: Tales of Intrigue, Mayhem, and Outrageous Behavior. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006. 16. Print.
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....and Napoleon's version of "doggystyle" was never attempted again..