In 1806, Napoleon created the Continental System, which banned all commercial activity between the European continent and Britain. Napoleon believed that this economic pressure would force Britain ...

Napoleon Bonaparte launched the most audacious campaign of his career. With the most enormous army ever assembled in Europe, ...

After twenty-six years of unprecedented revolutionary upheavals and endless fighting, the victorious powers craved stability after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. With the ...

But they wouldn't remain neutral for long — all of Europe smelled blood with Napoleon's defeat. "My star was fading," Napoleon said. "I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do ...

Once Europe's biggest problem, Napoleon Bonaparte is still posing a dilemma for France, 200 years after his death in exile on the Atlantic island of St Helena. Napoleon was a brilliant military ...

Europe's Egypt obsession led to its first museums of archaeology Goaded on by Napoleon's savant expeditions, the European fascination with ancient Egypt gave rise to archaeological museums in ...

French intrigues at the Ottoman court ensnared Russia in a draining war over the Balkans just as Napoleon moved to consolidate his fresh domination of Eastern Europe. Persia played a delicate ...

The French and British were at war once again: irreconcilable enemies struggling for dominance on the continent of Europe. At the end of summer, Napoleon paraded his soldiers along the Channel ...

When a volcanic eruption shook the world in 1815, it left behind more than just ash and lava. Here are some iconic world ...

The marriage of chocolate and hazelnut may seem as natural as bread and butter, but its origin story isn't nearly so simple.