Visit Napoleon Bonaparte ‘s house

I’m going to set up links to Google Maps of Napoleonic sites as we journey through this show. For those of you not familiar with Europe, it might help to put some tales into context. So, in order to start the beginning, here’s a link to Napoleon’s...

Sir Tony O’Reilly reviews Zamoyski’s “1812”

Who reads Napoleonic literature? Sir Anthony O’Reilly, that’s who. Executive Chairman of Independent News and Media, Sir Tony has just written an excellent review of Adam Zamoyski’s “1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March On Moscow” for the...

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Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? Why have more books been written about this man than anyone else in history apart from perhaps Jesus Christ? And why are so many people around the world fascinated with his story? Was he a tyrant? Was he, as Chateaubriand said,...