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 ...

He suggested that his critics were craven weaklings: “We are surely approaching a moment for Europe in which it will ... from Moscow’s assault. Yet the Napoleon-wannabe Macron talks of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1799, the young French Republic faced war with a coalition of European enemies, and an unpopular and corrupt government at ...

Napoleon Bonaparte launched the most audacious campaign of his career. With the most enormous army ever assembled in Europe, he made the fateful decision to invade Russia. With an army of over 600,000 ...

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 ...

The picture above is a sketch of unknown origins, completed at some point after Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I got together to sign the historic Treaty of Tilsit, which united Europe after the ...

I’ve never been here before, but having absorbed the words and pictures from tests in the pages of evo over the years, it almost feels like I have. I’m standing in a layby with a glorious 360 ...

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he ruled France in the 19th Century has been sold for €1.9m ($2.1m; £1.7m) at auction in Paris. The bicorne black beaver felt hat was valued between ...