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When Napoleon Bonaparte led his Grand Army into Russia in 1812, he commanded the largest military force Europe had ever seen ...

After extracting and analyzing ancient DNA from the teeth of 13 soldiers they instead found evidence the men suffered from a ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could say ...

At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques have identified two ...

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‘Napoleon’ Review: Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix Deliver a Film That Works Better as a Comedy Than a Historical Epic Those worried about a glorification of the dictator needn't have feared.

A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of its fragrant shrubbery, rugged mountains and medieval villages.

Napoleon, director Ridley Scott ‘s 28th feature film (and counting), is not so much an Oscar-baiting historical epic as it is a grand farce about a small man.

Napoleon ’s final battle helps bring the film to a fittingly grand conclusion, and Scott’s direction of the sequence is undeniably impressive. However, Napoleon becomes increasingly unwieldy ...