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Revolution to Empire

On the Eve of Battle
Illuminating a celebrated moment in French History, the Battle…
The Storming of the Bastille
Poets, Portraits, and the storming of a prison…
The Battle of Austerlitz
Carle Vernet paints Napoleon giving orders…

Art & Design

Riding High! Napoleon Crosses the Alps
There's more to David's masterpiece than you might expect…
The Attack on Ratisbon
Climbing the walls, a battle in action…
The Battle of Eylau
The compassionate side of Napoleon is on display…
Robert LeFevre, portrait painter.
The perfectly painted face of a French Freemason…
Meet the Ministers
A money-grabbing artist paints the Minister of the Treasury…
Napoleon Slept Here!
Not necessarily the colour you'd expect! Come see where…
The History of Compiegne
How the love of a hunt, found Louis XV…
Marie Louise Bedroom at Compiegne
Intimate Charming Seductive Come inside the boudior of Marie-Louise…
The Emperor's Library at Compiegne
Secret doors, books that aren't books, mechanical desks and…

Napoleon & Josephine

A gallery of love, battle and furniture
Meet the Family - Napoleon's youngest brother gets married…
Hothouse
There were many cool things in Josephine's Hothouse…

Facts & Figures

Robert LeFevre, portrait painter.
The perfectly painted face of a French Freemason…
A gallery of love, battle and furniture
Meet the Family - Napoleon's youngest brother gets married…
The Crossing of the Alps by the Reserve Army
A fascinatingly detailed painting of when 40 000 men…
Meet the Ministers
A money-grabbing artist paints the Minister of the Treasury…
The Battle of the Pyramids
Napoleon's success with the square in battle strategy…
The discovery of Egyptian Antiquities
Hieroglyphs and Graffiti, The Egyptian Campaign…
The Court at Compiegne
From first visits, to present day A brief timeline…
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