By 1804, Bonaparte had made himself the emperor ... all that was left for Napoleon were the ashes of a city and thousands of dead soldiers. Napoleon sent a letter from Moscow to Alexander I ...

If it could happen in France, it could happen anywhere. Vintage engraving of Napoleon Bonaparte at Auxonne, in the Cote-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France, 1788. From the ...

While he never officially ranked the seven commanders, Napoleon himself, along with many other historians, seemed to consider Alexander the best. "I place Alexander in the first rank," Napoleon ...

In the nineteenth century, naughty British schoolchildren were terrified into compliance by teachers assuring them that Napoleon would tear them “limb from limb, just as a pussy tears a mouse”. Even ...

With access to a unique archive of personal letters, this documentary brings the love story of Napoleon to life. The unpublished love letters Napoleon wrote to Josephine shed new light on Napoleon ...

A letter written by Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother Lucien has been sold at auction. The letter, which had been valued at £350 to £450, was sold for £500 at an auction by Halls Fine Art ...

Director Ridley Scott cast Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte in the film, which chronicles his rise to Emperor of the French and his fall from power and eventual exile from his homeland. The movie has ...

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was known for his ruthlessness ... it will whisper your name…O Sarah, if the dead can come back to this earth, and flit unseen around those they loved, I ...

The name also evokes the French military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte (1776-1821), who seized power after the French Revolution, crowned himself Emperor and ruled France until 1815. Napoleon himself ...

Watch a Museum conservator reposition the delicate skeleton of Napoleon Bonaparte's horse, Marengo. This small stallion carries the weight of more than 200 years of history, having served in the ...