Picture the most famous emperor in history: the big hat, the hand tucked in the coat, and a furious little man barely tall enough to see over a table. The tiny tyrant. Everyone knows Napoleon was short.

Cass is certain. Pip has one question: whose ruler did they measure him with? Follow the trail and the most famous short man in history turns out to be a maths mistake wearing a coat, with a cartoonist finishing the job.

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