Napoleon and his Marshals. By Andrew Roberts. Avid Reader Press; 704 pages; $45. Allen Lane; £40 W hat management tips can ...

We form our views of historical events and figures based on stories we hear casually and images we see in the media. However, ...

In June 1812 he crossed the river Niemen with the largest army Europe had ever seen. Six months later a few thousand men came ...

An engineer used artificial intelligence to decode a military cypher from the Napoleonic era that had gone unsolved for more than two centuries. Artificial intelligence has decoded a letter written on ...

After more than 200 years, a coded letter written by the wee warlord Napoleon Bonaparte has been deciphered. Napoleon’s stepson, Eugene, the Viceroy of Italy, sent the original letter to French ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There is no shortage of messiahs in this world. A glance in the mirrors around the Palace of Westminster, in ...

A mysterious letter written by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has been decoded for the first time after 217 years using artificial intelligence (AI). The letter was sent to Auguste de Marmont by ...

A mysterious letter written by Napoleon Bonaparte has been decoded for the first time in more than 200 years. The letter was sent to French general Auguste de Marmont by Napoleon's stepson, Eugene, ...

A coded letter carrying a message from Napoleon Bonaparte to one of his senior generals has been cracked by AI after 217 years. The contents of the letter, sent by Eugène, Napoleon’s stepson, on the ...