Show ruthless destruction of dooks books napoleon was indirectly responsible for the ibe destruction ot of a vast ot lot books in 1812 he tr ollied a vm lii at al loning goods to be imported from the united kingdom provided that ahat the importer shipped an quan tit ot of french goods to athla country preach merchants generall met tit the require requirements of this lau li ll 11 shipping bloks to the alue of tle the wares the wlben I bed to import served to gain the nece sao the tool bools a wei thrown n 0 overboard on the n nay ay to england as there nas us ro demand for them here shippers could well ifford to do this for coffee and abgar were then about ten times dearer in franco than in angland it las has len estl that books to the nominal value villio of four million dollars were destroyed des troed in this tay nay |