The British turned him down ... who insisted on calling Napoleon General Bonaparte. Only one weapon was left him — words. With words, he would launch his last campaign. Day after day, he ...

But the Austrian General there, Mack ... but never again would the French challenge the might of the British navy. Napoleon no longer had a fleet he could count on, and now, in December 1805 ...

An excellent look at Napoleon and at European warfare in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Napoleon as a General will likely be dismissed by Bonapartophiles.

As captain, he chased the British out in a daring mission that won him the spotlight, and a promotion – to brigadier general. Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon the Great, tells the podcast his ...

“His body has been interred with the honours due to a General Officer ... had a special interest in Napoleon. Saint Helena acted as a point of support for the British ships on the way to India.