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. >>> a secret coded letter written by french emperor napoleon bonaparte during his ill-fated 1812 russian campaign has fetched ten times the expected bid at auction. the letter was sold for 187,500 euros, or more than $240,000, at an auction outside paris on sunday. napoleon wrote of his plans to blow up the kremlin at 3:00 a.m. on october 22nd. he used a numerical code to keep the details secret. he sent the letter to a subordinate in paris as he was retreating from moscow. he and his soldiers met strong resistance from the russian military in the campaign. his efforts to blow up the kremlin were thwarted, though much of the city was put to the torch. >>> a british singer has set a new guinness world record. his achievement? giving the world's coldest concert. charlie simpson undertook the challenge in the remote russian village of oymyakon. the siberian town is the coldest permanently inhabited place on earth. ♪ welcome to my >> with temperatures near minus 30 degrees celsius, simpson's guitar strings froze, but he managed to play for 15 minutes. a small audience of local women gathered

professor at the university of york recounts the life of french military leader and emperor napoleon bonaparte. author helen bonham discusses the infectious disease tuberculosis in sitting blood, the history of tuberculosis. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for our use in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. you are watching booktv on c-span2. here is our prime time lineup for tonight. beginning at 7:00 eastern, william silver and former federal reserve chair paul volcker discuss paul volcker's life and career. police chaplain describes circumnavigation. her book is round about the earth. at 10:00 eastern we conclude the prime time programming with our weekly afterwards program. this week dr. marty makary discusses health care reform with richard davis of memorial hospital. this is booktv.org for more on this weekend's television schedule. >> with a month left in 2012 many publications are putting together good bear your end list of notable books. booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction selection. these nonfiction titles were incl

york recounts the life of french military leader and emperor, napoleon bonaparte. and author helen bynum details the infectious disease tuberculosis in spitting blood, the history of tuberculosis. look for these titles the bookstores this coming weekend watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and on booktv.org. >> you're watching book tv. now, president of the university of pennsylvania talked to book tv about her latest book, the spirit of compromise. she also talked about her role as president of the university. this interview recorded at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia is part of book tv college series and it is about 20 minutes. >> well, you're watching book tv on c-span2. one of the things we like to do on book tv his visit college campuses. we can talk to professors who are also offers and a showcase of books that you may not know about of the lines. we are pleased to be at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia this week, and we are joined by the president of the university dementia is the co-author of this book, the spirit

established by napoleon bonaparte in 1482, it's a merit based distinction. the order's motto, honor and fatherland, reaffirms the celebration of patriotism and service for its recipients. victor decarlo was drafted into the army two months after he graduated from pittsburgh shindly high school in 1944. he arrived in france in 1945 and was assigned the responsibility of aiding the allied forces in reversing gains made by the german army. he first saw combat in the most -- in a region by helping forces breaking through the infamous siegfried line, a 390-mile defense system set up by the german army along the country's western border that consisted tank traps and manned bunkers. after successfully breaking through the siegfried line, he headed north to the famous battle of the bulge. he also saw combrat during the rhineland region throughout the duration of world war ii. he helped two concentration camps, one in as you tria and one in germany. victor was awarded the bronze star by the united states for his committed meritorious service to his country during wor