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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 10268062, member: 301&quot;]Ben Weider was known as an advocate of the theory that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" rel="nofollow">Napoleon</a> was assassinated with arsenic poisoning by a member of his entourage during his exile in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena" rel="nofollow">Saint Helena</a>. Weider had even obtained authenticated Napoleon hair samples and arranged for forensic tests that showed that Napoleon had been poisoned with arsenic.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-2008_Montreal_Gazette-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-2008_Montreal_Gazette-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a> He co-authored several Napoleonic history books including, <i>Assassination at St. Helena</i>, <i>Assassination at St. Helena Revisited</i> and <i>The Murder of Napoleon</i>. <i>The Murder of Napoleon</i> became one of the best-selling history books of all time, now with editions in 45 languages.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-2008_Montreal_Gazette-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-2008_Montreal_Gazette-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Weider also founded the International Napoleonic Society, of which he was the president, and wrote numerous articles for this organization.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Weider owned an extensive collection of Napoleon memorabilia. He donated this collection to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts" rel="nofollow">Montreal Museum of Fine Arts</a>, making it one of the largest collections of its kind in the world.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weider#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I met him at a London hotel.</p><p>Dad introduced me.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Montreal facts , brought to you by Wiki ... &amp; me !!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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