Two centuries after Napoleon’s younger sister called it home, a historic villa outside Lucca, Italy is back on the market — ...

The Post had little love for Napoleon — Ridley’s Scott’s new epic biopic of the one-time Emperor of France. And it turns out Post publisher Alexander Hamilton and his immediate successors at the paper ...

Napoleon Bonaparte left a trail of death and destruction across Europe, yet in France his name remains synonymous with glory. More than a million people visit his tomb at Les Invalides each year.

Two years after “The Last Duel,” Ridley Scott is back with another historical war epic, “Napoleon.” This time, he turned his attention to the larger-than-life figure of Napoleon Bonaparte, re-teaming ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general and emperor who has been studied by historians and academics for centuries. Despite his epic conquests, bold reforms, and intriguing personal life, the most ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 in Ajaccio, the capital of the island of ...

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 ...

On this day 229 years ago one of the biggest love stories began its course. But dig deeper and you wonder if it was all that loving after all? But beyond the stories about the French statesman and ...

Happy Valentine's Day! In honor of the romantic holiday, we've decided to crown the French military and political leader Napoléon Bonaparte’s letters to his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais the most ...