In the film, just before Napoleon launches his attack on British forces at Toulon in the South of France in 1793, he turns his hat sideways. Though bicorns were traditionally worn facing forward ...

Plus, you want it to look lovely, because it is Napoleon,” said Crossman, who created more than 4,000 uniforms and helped create an elaborate coronation scene.

Street vendors in Paris sold pictures with palm trees, with pyramids, or with ... By the time Napoleon returned to France from Egypt in August 1799, he was famous. His ...

Features The Real History of Napoleon’s Greatest Victory Didn’t Happen Like in the Movie. Ridley Scott’s Napoleon features some amazing battle sequences, but it might fall into French ...

Today’s collectors buy a Napoleon artifact the way they’d buy a guitar from Jimi Hendrix. They want a cabinet of curiosities.” He’s filled the show with fog, hypnotic music and immersive rooms. One is ...

Whether Napoleon ever really spoke these words—quoted in Albert Camus’ essay “The Almond-Trees”—is unknown. But swords were undoubtedly a potent symbol for the French ruler.