Robert Schumann’s “The Two Grenadiers” (1810-1856), is intricately connected to the memory of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Based on a poem by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), the song laments the fate ...

When Russia resumed trading with England, Napoleon prepared to invade Russia. Napoleon amassed an army of 600,000, the largest army Europe had ever seen. After a failed invasion of Moscow, the French ...

Ahead of his new epic, with Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon, Scott has caused anger with his comments about his lead character, comparing him to Hitler and Stalin. What's the truth of the matter, asks ...

On December 2, 1804, the great and good of Paris gathered in Notre-Dame Cathedral to witness the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte and the birth of the French Empire. It’s a moment immortalized (and ...

In The Military Enlightenment: War and Culture in the French Empire from Louis XIV to Napoleon, Christy Pichichero “aims to bring war and military thought to their proper place in our understanding of ...

The remains of over 100 French and Russian soldiers who died on the battlefield nearly 200 years ago were given a ceremonial burial Saturday outside of Moscow. The bodies included 120 soldiers who ...