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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of the French, was one of the most successful military commanders of the modern era. From relatively humble beginnings, he rose to prominence during the tumultuous wars of the French Revolution, ultimately...

The young Napoleon Bonaparte studying at the military academy at Brienne-le-Chateau, France, c. 1780. Litho by Job (pseudonym of Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville), published in Bonaparte by Georges Montorgueil, Boivin & Cie, Paris...

The Battle of Rivoli (14–15 January 1797) was a decisive confrontation of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), fought near Rivoli Veronese in northern Italy. Facing the Austrian army under General József Alvinczi, Napoleon Bonaparte...

During the First World War (1914-18), as governments sought to field the largest armies possible and so conscripted millions of men to the fighting fronts, the role of women in society was greatly expanded. Women worked as nurses and medical...

The great estates of the Gilded Age were more than lavish displays of wealth for the American aristocracy c. 1870-1917, they supported the economy of the local communities and encouraged development. As they declined, many of the surrounding...

The German Hanoverian Queens of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom had some of the most epic royal matrimonial brawls in history. One brought enlightenment thinking to court. One was dear friends with Marie Antoinette and endured...

Portrait of Joachim Murat (1767-1815), a French marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). A daring cavalry officer, Murat served in Napoleon's Italian and Egyptian campaigns, supported the Coup of 18 Brumaire, and distinguished...

The Hundred Days refers to the second reign of French Emperor Napoleon I, who unexpectedly returned from exile to reclaim the French throne. It encompasses Napoleon's triumphant return to Paris on 20 March 1815, his climactic defeat at the...

The coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Joséphine in the Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 December 1804. Oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, c. 1805-1807. Louvre Museum.

The divorce of Empress Joséphine and Emperor Napoleon, 10 January 1810. Oil on canvas, by Henri Frédéric Schopin, 1843. Wallace Collection, London.