The French Revolution in the 18th century saw the downfall of the French monarchy and the ascension of a prominent figure who played a major role in shaping modern European history. The abolishment of ...
This Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ 1804 portrait of Napoleon shows him as a civilian officer instead of an invading hero. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège, France “Ah, if it were only to be done over ...
His invasion of Russia was a bad idea anyway, but two ruthless pathogens that ripped through Bonparte’s army probably didn’t ...
After carefully researching Bonaparte's time in exile, painter Charles de Steuben depicted Napoleon's deathbed and the witnesses to his dying moments in May 1821. “The death of Napoleon” (1828) by ...
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New DNA clues reveal what wiped out Napoleon’s army
Recent DNA analysis has shed new light on the catastrophic retreat of Napoleon’s Grand Army from Russia in 1812. The study ...
NAPOLEON: A Life, by Andrew Roberts. Viking, 926 pp. $45. "Ah, if it were only to be done over again!" sighed Napoleon Bonaparte about the Battle of Waterloo as he sailed into exile and imprisonment.
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A new answer to what killed Napoleon's retreating army is in DNA: Study
In 1812, French military general Napoleon Bonaparte controlled most of Europe. Even with all this power, though, when he went ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Researchers uncover two previously undetected bacteria in teeth from Napoleon’s soldiers, revealing a possible combination of ...
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