In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, but now they faced a ...

Step onto the battlefield of Borodino, the bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic Wars. This video explores the clash between ...

There are more books with “Napoleon” in their titles than there have been days since the death of the French emperor and general in 1821. So reports Andrew Roberts in his magisterial biography of the ...

An extremely rare handwritten letter from King George III in which he declares war on Napoleon has been sold at auction in the U.K. The letter was addressed to Lord Hawkesbury, the British Secretary ...

A few pages into “Napoleon: A Life,” historian Andrew Roberts notes that the great general regarded himself as “of the race that founds empires.” How odd that sounds to modern ears. Of course, in the ...

The Battle of Aspern, which took place in Austria during the Napoleonic Wars, claimed the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, many of whom were buried directly on the battlefield to prevent the ...

An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...