In February 2025 social media posts, U.S. President Donald Trump shared this quote usually attributed to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." ...

Bonaparte was not only a warrior; he was also a shrewd propagandist. During his first campaign in Italy, he carefully crafted reports from the battlefield, designed to increase his glory while ...

Although his family had minor aristocratic roots, life was tough for the Buonapartes ... Vintage engraving of Napoleon Bonaparte at Auxonne, in the Cote-d'Or department in the Burgundy region ...

General Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered as a crusader, tyrant, and initiator of a series of wars. But one of his lesser-known offenses — abandoning a crew of scholars and scientists in Egypt ...

It is up to me to give them an example." The battle at Lodi convinced Napoleon Bonaparte that he was a man of destiny. "From that moment," he said, "I foresaw what I might be. Already I felt the ...

With access to a unique archive of personal letters, this documentary brings the love story of Napoleon to life. The unpublished love letters Napoleon wrote to Josephine shed new light on Napoleon ...

Donald Trump appeared to paraphrase French authoritarian leader Napoleon Bonaparte Saturday, and prompted several reactions that ranged from support to confusion to ridicule. “He who saves his ...

Balzac did spend years researching the former emperor's life through books, letters and exchanges with those who knew him. His sources included Napoleon's niece Letizia Bonaparte, with whom he ...