Leaving out the history of Napoléon’s brutal subjugation of Haiti is akin to making a movie about Hitler without mentioning the Holocaust.
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Ridley Scott’s film is not intended to paint a romanticised image of Napoleon, but rather immerse the viewer in the dilemmas and complexities of power.
Napoleon has unleashed a torrent of objections to the film’s historical errors. More important for historians should be whether creative works pass the test of authenticity.
Joaquin Phoenix is a great Napoleon. How have other films treated France’s most famous man?
A shorn haircut known as the coiffure à la victime, paid tribute to guillotined prisoners whose hair was loped off before execution.
A historian explains what the relationship between one of the most famous couples in history was really like.
Here are the truths behind some of the major scenes from Ridley Scott’s new Napoleon biopic.
A military strategist breaks down how a smaller Ukrainian army has successfully taken back swaths of land from the Russians in the country’s northeast.
Displays of captured Russian weaponry aim to show the strength of the foe Ukrainians face, but also that victory is possible.
Commemorations have slowly become more muted over the years due to the racist and misogynistic aspects of his rule
Britain’s preoccupation with the canal was as much about controlling Egypt as it was about global trade.
In 19th-century France, even photographs of hospitals and bridges could become propaganda.
The polarisation of today’s political discourse has echoes of the intolerance that characterised the Puritan era and the French Revolution.
His legacy connects a great swathe of modern popular culture.
From coronations to Revolution to reconciliation, Notre Dame has witnessed nearly 900 years of French history.
Set during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the epic novel is a case study in the grassroots strength of ordinary people.
Terror on July 14 is a clear rejection of the values of the French Republic.
The story of an amazing man you have probably never heard of.
A historian responds to Boris Johnson’s claim that the EU is pursuing a powerful super-state, like Hitler.
The British blockade of France wouldn’t have worked if it wasn’t for an ingenious experiment conducted half a century earlier.
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