Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes... The post Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, ...

Napoleon’s nephew Louis – who was elected president in 1848, retained power by means of a coup d’état in 1851, and later crowned himself emperor as Napoleon III – seized on this when he ...

Musicians have been making music about global events and complex societal issues for centuries. What do they bring to the ...

A reader says Beethoven would be bewildered that the European Commission plans to borrow €150bn to buy weapons of destruction ...

This was the Napoleon who declared himself Emperor of France in 1804. At almost the same time, the White House social media also sent out a picture of Trump wearing a crown. On his social media ...

"Napoleon's on his deathbed and one of the things that this great emperor, great conqueror ... Washington turned away the crown and became a republican president; Napoleon grabbed the crown ...

“It really is a polyglot group of folks who throw their lot in with the British Crown ... larger war: Napoleon, who had seized power in France and later declared himself emperor, was rampaging ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the ...

However, Georgie is then mistaken for The Inspector General sent by Napoleon to root out corruption ... Yes, he has full power from the Emperor himself. And where ever he finds bribery and ...

(With a similar sweeping gesture, Napoleon Bonaparte with his own hands once crowned himself Emperor of France.) At the same time Hitler made official his title of Führer, or Leader, first ...