Non-Boring History

Non-Boring History

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A Nation of Shopkeepers

A Nation of Shopkeepers

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Napoleon (French military leader/strong man ruler, not the pastry) usually gets the credit for sneering at the Brits that they were “a nation of shopkeepers”.

Whoever said it may not have been Napole…

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