Napoleon didn't like sitting for portraits, and yet artists and mass market prints helped cement his legendary status.

Official portraits have been a means of communicating intention and creating image throughout history. Consider three of France's iconic leaders.

John Houston takes a less melodic look at the transformation of the Battle of Waterloo from "fact to myth," from history to literature.

As Napoléon’s career and mental conditions declined in his later years, his signature suffered greatly.