In 1813, following his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon faced a desperate battle to save his empire. His enemies were gaining in strength, as Prussia and Sweden joined the Sixth Coalition ...

Labour has refused to fly an historic county flag over Downing Street that celebrates a British battle against Napoleon.

Whether Napoleon ever really spoke these words—quoted in Albert Camus’ essay “The Almond-Trees”—is unknown. But swords were undoubtedly a potent symbol for the French ruler. For Napoleon ...

Pope Pius VII was kidnapped by French forces in his private apartments in the Quirinal Palace in Rome and remained a prisoner of Napoleon for five years. The head of the Catholic church had ...

They’re reenacting a portion of Napoleon’s Grande Armee during the Napoleonic Wars in ... to participate in Napoleonic reenactment as a French light cavalryman, known as the “Hussars.” ...

"It was without my orders and against my will that the Pope was taken out of Rome," the French emperor wrote. A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius ...

Pope Pius VII was kidnapped by French forces in his private apartments in the Quirinal Palace in Rome and remained a prisoner of Napoleon for five years. The head of the Catholic church had sought ...

"It was without my orders and against my will that the Pope was taken out of Rome," the French emperor wrote. A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in ...