Napoleon

Chateaubriand is one of the giants of French literature. Regarded as the founder of Romanticism in the early 19th century

Louis-Philippe and Marie-Amelie had ten children including a daughter Louise who married the King of Belgium. When Louise visited her

Louis-Philippe, known as the “citizen king” or “bourgeois king” was a direct descendant of both Louis XIV and his brother

At the Grand Trianon, the Empress’ bedroom is part of the Empress Marie-Louise apartment. This had originally been two rooms.

Jean Lannes was an outstanding military man who was highly respected by Napoleon who described him as “the bravest of

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand was the eldest son of a noble couple. He was arguably the most successful diplomat in French

Germaine de Stael had a particularly tumultuous love life including a crush on Napoleon in the early stages of his

Josephine’s eldest child was Eugène de Beauharnais. He was less than 18 months older than his sister Hortense and they

2021 was the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death in exile on Saint Helena. When I initially took an interest in travel