AJACCIO, Corsica — Corsica has a big attachment to its most famous son. He is the object of an obsession that seems to go beyond mere commercial exploitation. In addition to all the Bonaparte ...

This Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ 1804 portrait of Napoleon shows him as a civilian officer instead of an invading hero. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège, France “Ah, if it were only to be done over ...

Why go? Corsica, a traveller's paradise, is the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, specifically in the island's capital of Ajaccio. It is filled with elegant, ancestral houses, Tuscan-like beauty, ...

Andrew Roberts' big, meticulously researched and very readable Napoleon: A Life is aimed at the general reader, but will appeal particularly to those who already know the essentials of his story.