Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes... The post Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, ...

It included a lion sporting a tuxedo and a crown overlaid with the acronym ... just days after appearing to quote French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte and suggest he was above the law.

One showed Napoleon being crowned emperor; the other showed Lafayette ... benefit of the doubt and wrote to Washington that he hoped Bonaparte would eventually turn toward liberty.

Like a lightning bolt falling from the heavens, Napoleon Bonaparte's Army of the Reserve ... Bonaparte's fame was secure and by 1804 he would be crowned the Emperor of France.

A medieval French castle dripping with history — and possibly Napoleon’s hidden gold — is for sale, asking $3.8 million.

While Ridley Scott's recent film adaptation took nearly three hours to capture Napoleon Bonaparte's epic saga, Buntport Theater managed to distill the emperor's life and downfall into a more ...

The name also evokes the French military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte (1776-1821), who seized power after the French Revolution, crowned himself Emperor and ruled France until 1815. Napoleon himself ...

TULARD: From the very beginning Napoleon gave himself an image. He created his own history. From his first triumphs, Bonaparte understood that it’s not enough to win victories. He uses images to ...

It is up to me to give them an example." The battle at Lodi convinced Napoleon Bonaparte that he was a man of destiny. "From that moment," he said, "I foresaw what I might be. Already I felt the ...

Donald Trump appeared to quote Napoleon Bonaparte by way of Rod Steiger on ... s Napoleon states that he “did not ‘usurp’ the crown.” “I found it in the gutter, and I picked it up ...