Time is of the essence. It will tell. It’s also a thief and a gift and ever-present, moving too fast or too slow depending on circumstances. Bob Frishman takes special care in accounting ...

In 1800, France's new First Consul - Napoleon Bonaparte - faces a precarious military situation, with huge Austrian armies ...

With Ridley Scott’s Napoleon playing in theaters, now is a good time to look back at some other notable projects about Napoleon Bonaparte or the era of French history in which he played such a pivotal ...

IF THE tremendous accumulation of books about Napoleon seems an argument against reading another, it is an even stronger argument against writing one. Emil Ludwig’s “Napoleon, the Man of Destiny” is a ...

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As only French biographers can do, every conceivable motive and alternative scenario is presented at every stage in the astonishing rise of the subject from the petty and parvenu and rather ...

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Two centuries after Napoleon’s younger sister called it home, a historic villa outside Lucca, Italy is back on the market — an exceedingly rare chance to own a property entwined with the Bonaparte ...

NAPOLEON Bonaparte, the legendary military leader and Emperor of France, is often remembered for his immense ambition, strategic genius and, curiously, his supposed diminutive stature. His height and ...

The ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying the king’s body enabled his ascension to the realm of the gods. According to this belief, the preserved body, known as the Ach — a luminous spirit — was ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte and was specially ordered for the personal use by the French emperor will be auctioned in Paris next month, an auction house said. Napoleon ordered the ...