In 1804 Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior officers of the Grande Armée. He created a further 8 before his abdication. A few were aristocrats, but others were the ...

In conventional histories the life of Michel Ney, cooper’s son whose brilliance and bravery in the service of Napoleon raised him to be Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moskowa and Marshal of France, ends ...

The Duke of Wellington, who commanded coalition troops at Waterloo, Prussian Field Marshal Bluecher and Marshal Ney were the key players in a momentous battle which turned European history: - ...