Women who wanted to keep fit in the early 19th century had to contend with the notion that they were too delicate for many forms of exercise.| Shannon Selin
Though reports of people living past 100 were common in the 1800s, most were probably false.| Shannon Selin
What happened to Napoleon’s officers after the Battle of Waterloo? Some 20,000 became demi-soldes, France's half-pay veterans of the Napoleonic Wars.| Shannon Selin
Estimates of the number of soldiers killed in battle during the Napoleonic Wars range from 500,000 to almost 2 million. What happened to all of those bodies?| Shannon Selin
What if Napoleon Bonaparte had escaped from St. Helena and wound up in the United States in 1821?| Shannon Selin
Napoleon's tomb is in the Dôme des Invalides in Paris, but that's not where he was first laid to rest. Here’s what happened to Napoleon’s body after he died.| Shannon Selin
During his exile on St. Helena, Napoleon reflected on his defeat at the June 1815 Battle of Waterloo. What did he say about the last battle he ever fought?| Shannon Selin
An Italian immigrant who served in Napoleon’s Grande Armée, Dr. Félix Formento became a prominent medical practitioner in New Orleans.| Shannon Selin