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Rare Napoleon Kremlin letter up for auction

French emperor makes threat after invasion of Moscow in 1812

Napoleon's letter to Kremlin sold for $243,500

Napoleon Bonaparte's 1812 letter threatening to blow up the Kremlin has been auctioned off in France.

A photo taken in Paris shows a coded letter signed by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The document in which Napoleon Bonaparte vows to blow up the Kremlin will go under the hammer on Dec. 2012, 200 years after the French invasion of Russia.

KENZO TRIBOUILLARD

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