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Napoleon: The Man and the MythsEpisodes

    Episode 5

    5/5Napoleon ended his life on a distant island. Andrew Roberts asks what history made of him.

    Episode 4

    4/5Andrew Roberts explains why Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.

    Episode 3

    3/5Andrew Roberts considers Napoleon's reputation as the principal warmonger of the age.

    Episode 2

    2/5Did Napoleon turn France into a military dictatorship? Historian Andrew Roberts considers.

    Episode 1

    1/5Was Napoleon really the short, uncouth, Corsican upstart portrayed by caricaturists?