by Bartee Haile
A boatload of Napoleonic exiles sailed from Philadelphia on Dec. 18, 1817 on a mysteri-ous mission to establish a secret sanctuary for their imprisoned hero in Spanish Texas.
Since he always preferred to keep power in the family, Na-poleon Bonaparte put no fewer than four siblings on as many European thrones. His oldest brother Joseph ruled Spain for five years before fleeing with 50…
