In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...

A new study has found that the epidemic which contributed to the downfall of Napoleon's army during the 1812 invasion of the Russian Empire was not ...

In the wake of the bloody French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, Germaine de Staël kept the ideas of freedom alive at her ...

After storming Egypt and dreaming of empire, Napoleon faced a crushing test at Aboukir. What followed was a brutal clash that nearly unraveled his entire campaign ...

However, recent microbial analysis conducted on the remains of Grand Army soldiers indicates at least two other pathogens ...

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But ...

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...

A few years ago, at the start of a European vacation, I asked family members for a scheduling concession − a stop at Château de Malmaison between our Paris arrival and hotel check-in. Julien Sorel, ...

Oxford University historian Broers (Napoleon) delivers a granular history of Napoleon’s final decade. In 1811, the French ruler welcomed his first legitimate male heir, solidifying his hopes for ...

Joaquin Phoenix transforms into a menacing Napoleon for Ridley Scott's upcoming historical drama, set to release in November. The film will focus on Napoleon's rise to power and his relationship with ...