The Frogs have been getting uppity over Joaquin Phoenix’s depiction of Napoleon, in Ridley Scott’s new blockbuster. Their historians point out the real Boney didn’t participate in cavalry charges, ...

Defending his Napoleon from grumbles caused by early rumors of historical inaccuracy, director Ridley Scott snapped that “when I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there?

Ridley Scott’s biopic ‘Napoleon’ topped the global box office over the Thanksgiving weekend. But some moviegoing history lovers are trashing it for playing fast and loose with the facts.

Ultimately what we learn in Napoleon says far more about the director than it does about Napoleon. Ridley Scott could not have picked a more exciting period in modern history to make a movie about.

New facts about the role played by Napoleon in the emancipation of European Jewry at the beginning of the nineteenth century are revealed in an article in the current issue of The American Hebrew. The ...

A French Emperor who dreamed of retiring in New Jersey. A military dictator who wrote steamy romances. A corporal who saw the world past death. These are the weird things you don't know about Napoleon ...