The years from 1812 to 1821 mark the dramatic decline and eventual fall of Napoleon Bonaparte’s empire. This video explores the critical period starting with the disastrous Russian campaign of ...

In 1813, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte was offered a lifeline: the Frankfurt Proposal,a peace deal from the Allies allowing him to remain Emperor of France if he surrendered ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military general and emperor of France from 1804 to 1815. Read about his height, rise to power, quotes, exile, death, and more.

In 1798, Bonaparte led a French military expedition to Egypt, a country controlled by the Ottoman Empire. He hoped to take Egypt and then conquer much of the Middle East.

“Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows” and “Empire’s Eagles: The Fate of the Napoleonic Elite in America” show unexpected sides of the military upstart ...