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Napoleon Bonaparte: A Complete Biography — a comprehensive daily biography of history's greatest military commander. Each episode covers a different chapter — from his Corsican childhood and military education, through the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, the coronation as Emperor, the Grande Armée at its peak, the catastrophic Russian campaign, exile on Elba, the Hundred Days, and final defeat at Waterloo. Told with drama, detail, and historical precision. — a daily series with new episodes every day.