Napoleon Bonaparte died 200 years ago on May 5. He was in exile on the island of Saint Helena, far away from Europe, where he wielded much power and influence. His impact on genealogy research is ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general and emperor who has been studied by historians and academics for centuries. Despite ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Do movies need to accurately reflect history? Yes, says historian Alan Strauss-Schom, who wrote the landmark 1997 biography “ Napoleon Bonaparte.” “There’s plenty of information. People do not have to ...

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon (2023), his latest feature film—which has been called his “finest since Gladiator”—was released yesterday following its November 14 premiere in Paris. The film includes one of ...

The Battle of Berezina in 1812 was a significant moment in Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's aborted campaign against Tsarist Russia, with French troops suffering heavy losses as they fled the pursuing ...

The recent feature film “Napoleon” has people taking a fresh look at The Little Corporal and his namesake nephew. Napoleon Bonaparte left the world a boatload of legacies. He radically revolutionized ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte and was specially ordered for the personal use by the French emperor will be auctioned in Paris next month, an auction house said. Napoleon ordered the ...

At first glance the lives of Karl Matthew Kafka and George Henry Woehler were not much different than most of the residents of mid-19th century Bethlehem. Both were Germans and Moravians. Kafka was a ...