Readers give their views on the new Ridley Scott film and renewed interest in the French emperor I read with great interest your article about Ridley Scott’s new film Napoleon (Emperor’s new clothes: ...

Defending his Napoleon from grumbles caused by early rumors of historical inaccuracy, director Ridley Scott snapped that “when I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there?

Ultimately what we learn in Napoleon says far more about the director than it does about Napoleon. Ridley Scott could not have picked a more exciting period in modern history to make a movie about.

Remains found in a mass grave outside Vilnius in Lithuania hold vital clues to the fate of Napoleon's Grand Army and the catastrophic retreat from Moscow in 1812. Paul Britten-Austin takes up the tale ...

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