Burn explained that Betsy was the fourth child of William Patterson’s 11 children — six sons, and five daughters. Patterson, at the time, was a millionaire by today’s standards, and the second ...

Left with no income and two children to care for, Josephine found a friend in socialite Thérésa Cabarrus. The latter introduced Josephine to an aspiring general named Napoleon Bonaparte at a ...

He served for the army he wanted to overthrow In order to feed his wife and eight children ... Vintage engraving of Napoleon Bonaparte at Auxonne, in the Cote-d'Or department in the Burgundy ...

TULARD: From the very beginning Napoleon gave himself an image. He created his own history. From his first triumphs, Bonaparte understood that it’s not enough to win victories. He uses images to ...