Mathieu Schwartz

Behind the iconic Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect a thousand-foot tower that went far beyond a design ...

On 26 June 1813, Austrian foreign minister Metternich came to meet Napoleon at his headquarters in Dresden. Although the French emperor still ...

May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to take his last breath. The son of a Corsican ...