Napoleon crowned himself emperor on December 2, 1804, turning the French Republic into the French Empire, with a Bonaparte line of succession. He felt that this provision for continuity was ...

Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt ...

Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...

In 1813, following his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon faced a desperate battle to save his empire. His enemies were ...

Frustrated by Portugal's defiance of his Continental Blockade against trade with Great Britan, Napoleon ordered General Jerot to march French troops ... a part of his empire.

Never in living memory had so large an army been assembled — Italians, Poles, German, French — more than 600,000 men from every corner of his empire. Napoleon prophesied the war would be over ...

To mark the 220th anniversary of Napoleon's coronation, an immersive virtual reality experience will plunge the general ...

These include India, the Middle East, the Americas, where Spain’s colonial empire rapidly disintegrated ... outstanding book for anyone interested in the French Wars or “Big History”. Note: The ...