In 1804 Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire ... Among their ranks were legendary figures such as Marshals Lannes, Soult, Davout and Massena, but also much less well know figures like ...

Can a public figure be a hero AND a tyrant? Students debate this question by researching Napoleon's life and writing about his career from a variety of perspectives in a circa-1815 "newspaper." ...

presenting a pretty simplistic portrait of one of historys most complex figures, but the acting is brilliant, particularly by Vanessa Kirby. Not everything about Napoleon works, but its comic ...

So the Russians figure, boy, we’ve got it made, we’ve got the best position, in the south. The French have very few troops. We can attack the south and roll up the whole French army. Napoleon ...

Napoleon saw that these laws changed France forever. His personal copy of them in print has just been sold. Find out more ...