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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Just published: a new art book which combines Greek mythology with French ceramic art and Napoleonic history, and a web page describing it. I hope the readers here will find it of interest. "Napoleon, Russia, and the Olympian Gods" by Professor Albert R. Baca is a book about the magnificently painted "Dessert Service" that Napoleon gave as a gift to Tsar Alexander I, ruler of Russia, to mark the signing of a treaty between their countries in 1808. The 52 illustrations and description of how each one captures a particular part of the mythology creates a valuable guide to the Greek pantheon--its mysteries, its power and its escapades. In use as a supplementary text in Greek mythology. For anyone interested in mythology, art, ceramics and/or history. To see illustrations of the book, please visit our web site: <A HREF="http://www.loop.com/~variagate/olybook.htm"> Thanks. Jules Brenner