NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: THE MAN WHO CROWNED HIMSELF

Episode 1 | Human History — IndividualsIn this History episode we focus on Napoleon Bonaparte — the Corsican outsider who rose from obscurity to crown himself Emperor of France, conquer most of Europe, and then lose everything.This episode covers his unlikely rise through the French Revolution, the military genius behind Austerlitz and a dozen other victories, the Napoleonic Code that still governs 40 countries today, and the two exiles that bookend one of history's most extraordinary lives.The man who put the crown on his own head. And what it cost him.#HistoryMystery #Napoleon #FrenchHistory #HistoryPodcast #EuropeanHistory