The Napoleon Diamond Necklace is a diamond necklace commissioned by Napoleon I of France c. 1811–1812. It is currently on display in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., United States.
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“The Napoleon of Crime.”
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“I remember meeting you in a dark dream
Of April, you or some girl,
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—John Ashbery (b. 1927)