About an hour into Ridley Scott's epic movie, the cinema screen is filled with the sumptuous Imperial Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine.It is a telling moment – a turning point in the history of and the world and a projection of power and magnificence that the French still unashamedly admire today.And shining out from the film's Coronation at Notre Dame - and from the famous Jacques-Louis David painting of the 1804 extravaganza that has clearly inspired the film-maker - is jewellery of rare opulence.
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