When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the remote island of St. Helena, his final words hinted at betrayal: “France… my son… Josephine.” Officially, he succumbed to stomach cancer — but the evidence ...

Historian Dan Snow has broken down the trailer for Ridley Scott’s forthcoming biopic about Napoleon Bonaparte starring Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role. The teaser for Napoleon was released on Monday ...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (UPI) --Seeing Ridley Scott orchestrate historical events is the selling point of Napoleon, in theaters Nov. 22. The battles of Napoleon Bonaparte's life unfold in lavish ...

Napoleon will air on PBS in two parts, on November 8 and 15. for the Humanities. But in all important respects, I learned as an adviser for the program, this lively documentary is -- for better and ...

In Kevin Macdonald’s “High & Low — John Galliano,” chronicling the rise, fall and rise again of the Gibraltar-born, British designer, the director often cuts into scenes from Abel Gance’s classic ...

In the first act of Ridley Scott’s newest film, “Napoleon,” the French general does something strangely anti-historical: fire a cannon at the tip of the Great Pyramids. In the next scene, he stands on ...

A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...