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 ...

Legendary director Ridley Scott is back with a sprawling historical drama about the rise and fall of French Emporer Napoleon Bonaparte. The film is pitched as "a spectacle-filled action epic," with ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general and emperor who has been studied by historians and academics for centuries. Despite his epic conquests, bold reforms, and intriguing personal life, the most ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Napoleon Bonaparte might have possessed one of the greatest military minds in history but his body all but surrendered during his final years. An extraordinary note penned by a physician treating ...

Napoléon Bonaparte left an enormous legacy after he died on St Helena two centuries ago on May 5, 1821 – from the Civil Code that influenced legal systems across the world to his inspirational effect ...

The quote of the day, attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, defines courage not as having strength, but as continuing forward ...

Napoleon Bonaparte left a trail of death and destruction across Europe, yet in France his name remains synonymous with glory. More than a million people visit his tomb at Les Invalides each year.

A rare note written by a doctor who treated Napoleon Bonaparte has revealed how the French military leader and emperor suffered with sickness and pain in the years before his death. The letter, dated ...