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Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt ...
Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, Napoleon - outnumbered 4 to 1 - began one of the most daring and brilliant ...
While firmly part of Italy for more than a century, influences from that rich and complicated past can be seen in the ...
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 ...
To mark the 220th anniversary of Napoleon's coronation, an immersive virtual reality experience will plunge the general ...
France's demand that Haiti pay it an indemnity to compensate dispossessed French slave-owners when the nation became ...
Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...
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What Caused the Irish Famine?
A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...
Trying to salvage and empower an empire in decline, only to end up hastening its demise – we’ve seen that somewhere before Read Full Article ...
Tax day has changed history, with examples including the Rosetta Stone, Julius Caesar’s progressive policies, Caesar Augustus ...
NAPOLEON! Read our review and download the game for free on Steam. Take part in historical battles and command Napoleon's ...
The consul points out the peepholes Napoleon carved into the green shutters ... and of vanished dreams of empire and what might have been. When the emperor sat at this table, he insisted on ...