France's new First Consul - Napoleon Bonaparte - faces a precarious military situation, with huge Austrian armies poised to ...

Just down the road from the petite Airbnb in which I’m currently staying on the outskirts of Paris is the home of Alexander ...

Napoleon wanted these "savants," as scientists were called at the time, to focus on projects that could benefit France, such as purifying water from the Nile River, hops-free beer brewing ...

He uses images to make sure that his victories in Italy are widely publicized in France. Although the Egyptian campaign was a military disaster, Napoleon was able to exploit the French people's ...

Alarmed by France’s growing power, the Prussians now challenged Napoleon, who made short work of them. "The idea that Prussia could take the field against me by herself," he said, "seems so ...