Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the best known people in history. Over the last 200 years there has been intense debate on whether he should be remembered as a hero or a villain. Read the page on Napoleon's legacy under the 'Napoleonic Wars' tab above, and then post your thoughts below.
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"Sur quoi pourrait-on m’attaquer qu’un historien ne puisse me défendre ?
Napoléon, à Sainte-Hélène."
Quoted in Le Chant du Départ by Max Gallo