by Brian Eads, in Newsweek, 8 May 2014.
“But “Vive l'Empereur!” is not a cry that echoes throughout France much anymore. Not everyone is a fan, then or now. In the spring of 1814, as Napoleon traveled through southern France en route to exile, he was jeered by onlookers. His lust for power had left more than 1 million French dead… Two hundred years on, the French still cannot agree on whether Napoleon was a hero or a villain…”