To the victor go the spoils and a favorable spin in history. But what can we make of the way history has treated Marshal Michel Ney? For more than a century, many have believed that Peter Stewart Ney, ...

The story of Peter Stewart Ney isn’t necessarily tied to a crime, but it’s so fascinating that it begs a spot among the other mysteries here. In the 18th century, Ney was a well-liked teacher in the ...

In conventional histories the life of Michel Ney, cooper’s son whose brilliance and bravery in the service of Napoleon raised him to be Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moskowa and Marshal of France, ends ...

Finally, at 11:30, Napoleon’s artillery opened fire. His battle plan was simple. Wellington’s men occupied the outlying farm buildings on both flanks, and the crest of a ridge in the center near the ...