Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821 ... Born Napoleone di Buonaparte on Corsica, he graduated from a military academy in Paris, serving in the Corsican resistance to French rule, and rising to power ...

The second son of Corsican rebels Carlo and Letizia, Napoleone di Buonaparte entered the world on 15 August, 1769, a mere year after the French purchased the island from the Genoese government.

docked in the island’s capital, Ajaccio (the birthplace of Corsica’s most famous son, Napoleon Bonaparte); but for now, there was no hurry. While larger cruise vessels make only fleeting stops ...

and sparred with the island’s English governor, who insisted on calling Napoleon General Bonaparte. Only one weapon was left him — words. With words, he would launch his last campaign.