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Directors of historical feature films face a difficult task. How can they make the characters familiar to an audience without reducing them to caricature? How can they make sure that knowledge of the outcome – battles won or lost, empires built then ruined – doesn’t make the story seem like…

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In 1805 black swans, kangaroos, and the world's last King Island emu lived amongst the sweeping lawns of the Château de Malmaison in Paris. So how did this creature make it to an empress' garden?

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Sadie lost both her "best friend" nan and her dad after the birth of her son Shane

What do you get the weirdest, wealthiest couple in the world? Napoleon’s love letters and, we reckon, a Patek Philippe watch and high quality blender for “hyper-decanting” wine

Napoleon is Ridley Scott's lavish historical epic starring Joaquin Phoenix as the ruthless French emperor.

A now-extinct emu from Tasmania thrived in gardens owned by Napoleon's wife after being shipped to Paris in 1802. That's just one of the amazing tales from the unseen collection of Tasmania's Museum and Art Gallery.