
He fired cannon on his own countrymen, wooed the mistress of a formidable opponent and even threatened the Pope. He was Napoleon, one of the most brilliant and complex figures in history. This absorbing appraisal of his life offers a new perspective of the little man from Corsica, who rose to new heights of power by seizing every brutal, outrageous opportunity in his path. Step inside Napoleon's world through dramatic recreations of key events. Ride into the heat of battle with large-scale reconstructions of his campaigns. From the glory of his empire to his defeat at Waterloo and miserable exile on Elba, here is an entertaining and complete portrait of an extraordinary life
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Air Date: 2001-05-14
From his birth in the Corsican capital of Ajaccio in August 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte seems to have been earmarked for...
Air Date: 2001-05-21
Marriage to Josephine de Beauharnais did little to quell Napoleon's vaulting ambition. Now he had the opportunity to ...
Air Date: 2001-05-28
By the year 1800, Napoleon's political career was in full swing but as First Consul he was hardly a man of the people...
Air Date: 2001-06-04
Up until 1807, Napoleon's life and career had been an almost uninterrupted tale of success, but things were beginning...
Air Date: 2001-06-11
With the Peninsular War still raging, Napoleon made a fateful decision in 1812 when he turned his attentions east and...
Air Date: 2001-06-18
This is the final chapter of Napoleon Bonaparte's extraordinary life. A chapter that begins with his enforced exile o...