LITTLE DICTATORS IN BIG COFFINS
We went to the Army Museum at Des Invalides yesterday to see Bony's tomb (just like the one I'm planning for myself). We spent the most time looking at scale models of strategic locations in France that were built (mostly) in the 18th century. Some of the models were massive, like the 1/400 model of Bayonne, which measured approximately 1500 square feet, including every building (detailing doors and windows), and every tree and field within cannon range. (Sorry, no link!) Most impressive was a painstakingly detailed model of Mont-Saint-Michel, about 5'x5', originally contrsucted by a French monk in the 1690's entirely out of playing cards.