Napoleon, Volume 1 - Dwyer Philip  ## Metadata - Author: **Dwyer Philip** - Full Title: Napoleon, Volume 1 - Category: #books ## Highlights - Napoleone finding solace and refuge in a garden he cultivated with the greatest care, around which he had erected a palisade, where he spent his time reading or dreaming, and reacting violently when that territory was accidentally transgressed; Napoleone refusing to bend to the will of a monk who wanted to punish him by making him kneel at the door of the refectory – he ended up having a fit and vomiting; ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jeevz400npjj45dwr8j3a9fk)) - The *bonnet rouge,* also known as the Phrygian bonnet or liberty cap, was another symbol, along with the tricolour cockade, of approval for the Revolution. Borrowed from classical Rome – the bonnet was sported by former slaves who had been freed by their masters – it began to be worn in Paris in the spring of 1792 by people who wanted to trumpet their affiliation with the Revolution. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jej0m026q1rh4xkh3z8093n5))