And then, as he’s negotiating with the English, Napoleon whines, “You think you’re so great just because you have boats!” Suddenly, Bonaparte isn’t even a boy-king.

“Napoleon” (2023) opens with an idea written in the shades of the French tricolor: “The people are driven by misery into revolution … and brought back to misery by revolution.” This cyclic statement ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military general and emperor of France from 1804 to 1815. Read about his height, rise to power, quotes, exile, death, and more.

Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps Kehinde Wiley / Brooklyn Museum On the right: The painting it’s based on, the famous Bonaparte Crossing the Alps(1800) by Jacques-Louis David.

The item is a portrait of Napoleon's son, Napoleon II. The painting is dated 1831 and is signed by Rudolf Hille of Vienna. My father purchased this 12-by-14-inch piece in New York City in 1960.

Napoleon, director Ridley Scott ‘s 28th feature film (and counting), is not so much an Oscar-baiting historical epic as it is a grand farce about a small man.