New Series on Napoleon Bonaparte

Posted by Lorri Brown Aug 20, 2008

This week kicks off a new series in Western European History about Napoleon Bonaparte. Topics covered in the series include the Rise of Napoleon, Napoleon and the Campaign in Egypt (a total fiasco that he still counted as one of his greatest victories), the Napoleonic Codes, the Concordat of 1801between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII and Waterloo- the final fall of Napoleon.

I am also working on the Women of Napoleon, including his wives Josephine and Marie Louise and his sultry mistress, Maria Woleska. Along wives, Napoleon installed many members of his family into political posts all around Western Europe, even making his son ruler of Rome.

Some interesting facts about Napoleon you may not have got from History class:

• He was barely five feet tall
• He had an abnormally large head and messy hair
• He fought against France for Corsican independence before the French Revolution