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Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the publication, on Christmas Day, of a treaty between himself and the crowned ...

Looking for love in The Soldier’s Reward: Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon by Jennifer Ngaire ...

With industrial chic neighbourhoods filled with street art, museums and hip cafes, Tamara Hinson says it’s time we started ...

The fact that a routine diplomatic meeting unraveled into an event that reshaped the global order shocked many but has historical precedent. In numerous past incidents, what began as a trivial ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is back at the centre of global ... Russian President Vladimir Putin drew a comparison with Napoleon, saying that some people “want to return to the times of Napoleon, ...

I wasn’t looking to make fun of anything, so I had to detach myself from the history of American cinema to work in a purely French vein. You’ve described “The Empire” as a prequel to ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has hit back at Vladimir Putin for likening him to the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte -- branding the Russian president an "imperialist" ...

French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded the Russian Empire in 1812 in a disastrous six-month military campaign that ended in Russian victory. Macron hit back at Putin after a summit in Brussels ...

Putin's remarks came after Macron called Russia a "threat to France and Europe" and promised to bring other countries under its "nuclear umbrella". Russia slammed Macron's speech as confrontational.

Kremlin says Macron is “detached from reality”, comparing him to Hitler and Bonaparte, after the French leader warns of extending his country’s nuclear deterrent.