James Quinn’s lucid, authoritative and brilliantly concise study of the 1798 Rebellion contains a passage that answers ...

Napoleon was one of the most powerful men in history, but also one of the strangest. From a thousand-rabbit attack to the bizarre fate of his most private body part, history has a very weird side. In ...

Napoléon Bonaparte left an enormous legacy after he died on St Helena two centuries ago on May 5, 1821 – from the Civil Code that influenced legal systems across the world to his inspirational effect ...

When Russia resumed trading with England, Napoleon prepared to invade Russia. Napoleon amassed an army of 600,000, the largest army Europe had ever seen. After a failed invasion of Moscow, the French ...

Two years after “The Last Duel,” Ridley Scott is back with another historical war epic, “Napoleon.” This time, he turned his attention to the larger-than-life figure of Napoleon Bonaparte, re-teaming ...

With Ridley Scott’s Napoleon playing in theaters, now is a good time to look back at some other notable projects about Napoleon Bonaparte or the era of French history in which he played such a pivotal ...

The “Dynastic Jewels” exhibition at the Hôtel de la Marine is the third collaboration between The Al Thani Collection and the ...

Jack Nicholson, who paid £250,000 in 1984 for the rights to a film about Napoleon, mused back then about the English obsession with France’s famous emperor. “Napoleon was a man who conquered the world ...

A rare note written by a doctor who treated Napoleon Bonaparte has revealed how the French military leader and emperor suffered with sickness and pain in the years before his death. The letter, dated ...

Discover the key success principles that guided Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power. Learn how his strategies, mindset, and ...

Valuable collectibles have been stolen from Napoleon's 'Last Headquarters' in Genappe (Walloon Brabant). Last Wednesday, ...