charted the life and career of Napoleon up to his departure as a military general for the Italian campaign in 1796. In one ...

The saying goes, “Victory has a thousand fathers, while failure is an orphan.” Essentially, when you win, everyone wants a ...

In 1796 Philipp died of pneumonia ... 1815 edition of the medieval poem “Poor Heinrich,” which came out after the liberation ...

The art, indeed, may be said to have been introduced in 1796 to prevent his election to ... most dreadful of all curses,—an alliance with Napoleon Bonaparte!" An eye-witness reports that ...

Independence was short-lived though; the British withdrew in 1796, Paoli departed to live in London and Napoléon (who was born in Ajaccio) moved in his army. Corsica has been a department of France ...

In 1788 the nephew and successor of Frederick the Great, Frederick William II, had his nephew and successor of Frederick the Great's nephew set up a summer residence on the ground floor in the Chinese ...

Texas in the early 19th century wasn’t exactly a place for a retired general of Napoleon’s stature. It was a land of chaos ...

KENNETT, Mo. – “What’re you going to do today, Napoleon?” The answer to that is to visit a local pancake house in Kennett, Missouri. John’s Waffle and Pancake House welcomed unexpected ...

HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's historic flagship from which he led the Royal Navy to a famous victory over Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar is being rebuilt - using wood from France. More than two ...