John Baxter author of Surviving Napoleon - Part 2
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Who would have thought an Italian clockmaker would fight for Napoleon and end up being a prisoner of war in Wincanton, Somerset? He married a Somerset girl and later had a shop in the town, after a very interesting life! When you set off to tell stories you never know where you will end up! This is the second part of Bioletti and his adventures as he fights with Napoleon in his campaigns, travelling far and wide. We thought that in the past people did not travel far but this story shows that some people did.
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