Napoleon had never lost a major battle—until now. Overconfidence and a brutal fight along the Danube led to his first crushing defeat and the loss of his closest friend. Ontario's Ford suspends ...

At just nine-years-old, Napoleon left home for a military school, where he was bullied. Princeton professor of history David Bell remarks, “His great ambition until 1793 was to bring Corsica ...

But as 1806 drew to a close, Napoleon was still at war. Austria and Prussia had both surrendered, but the Russians — bloodied after Austerlitz — and Great Britain — all powerful on the seas ...

Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ruining the Russian economy. Tensions quickly escalated; every attempt to negotiate failed. SOKHOLOV: The Russian army starts to concentrate ...

The story of Napoleon’s buttons is one of those great cautionary tales about the potentially dire consequences of ignoring the chemical properties of substances. Most engineering students probably ...