Horatio Nelson is famous for besting Napoleon at sea. But what did he mean by ‘Kiss me, Hardy’—his supposed last words?

Themistocles led the Athenian navy to victory against Persia. When the Athenians voted to ostracize him, he became a Persian governor.

Power can move armies, yet private fear still marks history, bending routines, public image, and the stories leaders leave behind.

A stylish new origin story where a young Holmes meets a brilliant Moriarty, with Dónal Finn stealing the show in Guy ...

Race did not spread because it was scientifically persuasive. It spread because it served very human interests.” ...

IF THE tremendous accumulation of books about Napoleon seems an argument against reading another, it is an even stronger argument against writing one. Emil Ludwig’s “Napoleon, the Man of Destiny” is a ...

The 2025 record price for Napoléon Louis Eugène Bonaparte was for Imperial Prince as flag bearer of the Guard Plaster The 2022 record price for Napoléon Louis Eugène Bonaparte was for Staff Officer on ...

As only French biographers can do, every conceivable motive and alternative scenario is presented at every stage in the astonishing rise of the subject from the petty and parvenu and rather ...

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 ...

On December 2, 1804, the great and good of Paris gathered in Notre-Dame Cathedral to witness the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte and the birth of the French Empire. It’s a moment immortalized (and ...

The historical action epic, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby, now has 48 minutes of never-before-seen footage focused on the dramatic rise and demise of the French military commander. By ...