In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As starvation, exhaustion, and freezing temperatures ravaged the troops, ...

A new study has found that the epidemic which contributed to the downfall of Napoleon's army during the 1812 invasion of the Russian Empire was not ...

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

TODD PORTERFIELD AND SUSAN L. SIEGFRIED Staging Empire: Napoleon, Ingres, and David University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. 272 pp.; 48 color ills., 82 b/w. $55.00 A few years ...

Joaquin Phoenix transforms into a menacing Napoleon for Ridley Scott's upcoming historical drama, set to release in November. The film will focus on Napoleon's rise to power and his relationship with ...