The weight of Napoleon III's name hung over him for his entire life. Convinced he was heir to his uncle Napoleon Bonaparte's ...

Over 600,000 men marched east—few returned. Napoleon’s invasion of Russia was meant to crush resistance, but instead, it shattered the Grande Armée.

Napoleonic Empire in Italy. Share full article. Oct. 29, 1904. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 29, 1904, Section REVIEW, Page 737 Buy ...

Napoleon made a bold return from exile in 1815 only to lose his last shot at empire in a crushing defeat delivered by the Duke of Wellington and the combined forces of Europe.

What viewers might want or expect from Ridley Scott’s Napoleon — epic scenes of war, sexily torn bodices, and a very short emperor — won’t be exactly what they get. The battle scenes drag ...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Michael Broers, Professor of Western European History at Oxford University, and to discuss his new book, Napoleon: The Decline and Fall of an Empire: 1811-1821.They ...

For Napoleon, empire was one thing and family another—and no one exemplified that contrast more than his sister. Victorious Venus Pauline Bonaparte posed for sculptor Antonio Canova, ...

Of all the twentysix marshals of the Empire there is not one who can be named who was not at least a general of brigade by the time Napoleon assumed power in 1799.

“He sums up the whole Napoleonic Empire in his art,” Yates said. “The scene was quite huge because we completely copied, literally dress by dress, the David painting,” she said.