Napoleon: A Classic Dictator?
Laurent Joffrin looks at the paradoxes surrounding a man who has fascinated the French for two hundred years.
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Napoleon's Last Journey
Christopher Woodward considers the continuing power exerted by Napoleon on the French and British during his exile on St Helena up till, and beyond, his death.
Nelson & Napoleon
Claire Warrior, of the National Maritime Museum, previews the themes of the exhibition opening on July 7th.
Napoleon III: ‘Hero’ or ‘Grotesque Mediocrity’?
Roger Price examines the career of Louis-Napoleon, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, and his position in French historiography.
A Napoleonic Treasure Hunt
Robert Knecht describes his quest to unravel a mystery originating in the French defeat in the Battle of the Nations.
Napoleon takes Power in France
Napoleon Bonaparte took power in France on November 9th/10th 1799, but how did his rise overthrow the revolution?
Napoleon and German Identity
How Napoleon laid up trouble for future generations of Frenchmen by kick-starting Prussian and German domination of Eastern Europe.
Napoleon and Europe
The Spirit of the Age or The Scourge of Nations? Jeremy Black sets the scene for our major series on the impact of Napoleon on Europe.
A Sympathetic Ear: Napoleon, Elba and the British
Was Napoleon's escape from his first exile unwittingly aided by his erstwhile opponents from Albion? Katharine MacDonogh weighs up the enigmatic response that certain British citizens showed towards their imperial prisoner.
Napoleon in Russia: Saviour or Anti-Christ?
Janet Hartley discusses the mixed responses of Russia's populations to Napoleon's great gamble on an invasion and the part they played in the eventual French catastrophe.