Napoleon should have listened to his mother. It was all very well to be Emperor of France and conqueror of Europe, she said, but it wouldn't last for long. "I told you so," was her reaction when he ...

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Miami-based artist Terribly Odd will showcase his interpretations of European social history at Bear and Bird’s newest exhibit. At “Le Iconique: Terribly Odd Solo Show,” iconic French figures such as ...

Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he a tiny tyrant who ruled with an iron first? Or a military mastermind who revolutionised warfare forever? Russell Kane reads from Napoleon's romantic fiction, tells of his ...