Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes... The post Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, ...

On March 20, 1815 Napoleon arrived in Paris after defying fate ... It was just a facade. During his exile he admitted that if he had been the winner, the first thing he would have done was ...

Instead, they sent him back into exile and ... on calling Napoleon General Bonaparte. Only one weapon was left him — words. With words, he would launch his last campaign. Day after day, he ...

After Napoleon's lost most of his army in Russia ... His enemies thought Napoleon's exile would bring peace to Europe. Napoleon had other plans.

As many Friends of the British Overseas Territories will know, soon after Waterloo Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, forming the now-British Overseas Territory’s main ...

Napoleon realized the value of persistence to clinch victory. He returned to the French throne even after he was exiled. Napoleon stationed spies across Paris. He trusted few and wanted to ...

Conquest starts in 1807, 12 years after the last partition of Poland ... Conquest transports us to August 1814, when Napoleon is exiled on Elba Island. The historical background is that the Treaty of ...