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PARIS, May 5 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron laid a wreath at Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb on Wednesday, commemorating the bicentenary of the death of an emperor who overthrew the nascent Republic ...

PARIS — France marked a divisive 200th anniversary of the death of Napoléon Bonaparte on Wednesday, amid a widening debate over his legacy, including his role in the restoration of slavery. “Napoleon ...

Men of action present a problem for decent modern democrats. For the very term “men of action” is a euphemism for men accomplished in war, and no public figure is more suspect these days than the ...

PARIS — "Napoleon is a part of us," French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday in a landmark speech marking the 200th anniversary of the emperor's death. Whether that's for better or worse has ...

Napoleon Bonaparte rose from a family of minor nobles on the French island of Corsica to become ruler of much of continental Europe. After his 1815 defeat at the Battle of Waterloo (in what is now ...