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Napoleon Bonaparte is greeted by the French Directory as "the hero of Italy". Lithograph by Charles Motte, c. 1820. British Museum, London.

General Napoleon Bonaparte's guns fire into a mob of royalist insurrectionists during the Revolt of 13 Vendémiaire Year IV (5 October 1795), the famous "whiff of grapeshot". Drawing by Felician Myrbach, 19th century.

General Napoleon Bonaparte leading the charge over the bridge on the first day of the Battle of Arcole (15 November 1796). Illustration from John Clark Ridpath's Ridpath’s History of the World, 1901.

Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) as king of Spain (r. 1808-1813) in his coronation robes, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 19th century. Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau.

Taking prisoners in Napoleon's Italian Campaign, 1797, oil on canvas by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, c. 1801-1824. Palace of Versailles.

General Napoleon Bonaparte after beating the Austrians at the Battle of Lonato, 4 August 1796. By an unknown artist, 19th century.

We try not to get into too much great man history here at Crash Course, but we have to admit: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821 CE) is a pretty big deal. Join us as we track the rise, further rise, fall, rise, fall, mortal fall, and posthumous...

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