Napoleon

Born in 1769 to a poor but aristocratic Corsican patriot family, 6 year old Napolon Bonaparte is enrolled in a French academy, where his military career begins. His capabilities are amply demonstrated with a series of dazzling victories in Revolutionary France's Italian campaign. He becomes obsessed with and marries Josephine, a widow, and begins a meteoric rise to power. He gradually compromises his egalitarian ideals and crowns himself emperor in 1804. After he establishes himself as master of Europe with victories in battles like Austerlitz and diplomatic alliances, he embarks on a series of decisions that mark his decline and fall: an ill-advised occupation of Spain, his divorce of Josephine and marriage into the Hapsburg family, and his disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After a failed attempt to return to power culminating in final defeat at Waterloo in 1815, he spends his remaining years defining his legacy with his memoirs.

Cast:

David McCullough,

• Season 1
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  Episode 1: To Destiny
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  Episode 2: Mastering Luck
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  Episode 3: The Summit of Ambition
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  Episode 4: The End

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  Napoleon
  Ani Difranco

  they told you your music
  could reach millions
  that the choice was up to you
  you told me they always
  pay for lunch
  and they believe in what i do
  and i wonder
  if you miss your old friends
  once you've proven what you're worth
  yeah i wonder
  when you're a big star
  will you miss the earth
  and i know you would always want more
  i know you would never be done
  'cuz everyone is a fucking napoleon
  yeah everyone is a fucking napoleon
  and the next time
  that i saw you
  you were larger than life
  you came and you conquered
  you were doing alright
  you had an army
  of suits behind you
  and all you had to be was willing
  and i said i still
  make a pretty good living
  you must make a killing
  a killing
  and i hope that you are happy
  i hope at least you are having fun
  'cuz but everyone is a fucking napoleon
  yeah everyone is a fucking napoleon
  now you think, so that is
  the way it's gonna be
  that's what this is all about
  i think that that is
  the way it always was
  you chose not to notice until now
  yeah now that there's a problem
  you call me up to confide
  and you go on for over an hour
  'bout each one that took you for a ride
  and i guess that you dialed my number
  'cuz you thought for sure that i'd agree
  i said baby, you know i still love you
  but how dare you complain to me
  everyone is a fucking napoleon

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  Napoleon
  Race The Sun

  It's your game
  you have managed to grab everyone's attention
  the spotlight scorching your flesh
  caught between the pedestal and ceiling
  I can't just stand there to watch it as it raises
  soon it will crush you entirely
  and you know I would pull every arm and leg
  from socket of my own to just reach you
  and with all my force and weight I'd tip you over
  because I know you would land feet first
  I'd Expect your glare
  Oh how my hand shakes from satisfaction
  this ink I drain dries like the salt on your wound
  don't forget to buy them out
  burn the, burn the confession box
  don't forget to win their hearts
  and level the chapel
  Sweet irony, sarcasm always had its plague upon me
  can we humor this just for now?
  caught between the salted wound and punchline
  funnier then than now
  I've always, how I've missed it
  this value called value
  Oh how my hand shakes from satisfaction
  this ink I drain dries like the salt on your wound
  at this my voice is dry
  as you dissect my words
  and the knots that form
  may you press them against your worth
  don't forget to buy them out
  burn the, burn the confession box
  don't forget to win their hearts
  and level the chapel

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  How Far I'll Fly
  Napoleon

  How far I'll fly
  Napoleon Movie 1995
  Music by Bill Conti
  Threes a new world out there,
  Coming to find me
  Everything's waiting up ahead
  Nothings behind me,
  If I don't dream
  If I don't try,
  How will I know how far ill fly?
  I'm high flying and free
  There's a sun rising for me,
  There may be cities beyond the roof tops
  Oceans beyond the seas
  Ill fly out to a far away sky,
  No one has travelled so far
  Out to a far away star
  Maybe farther.
  There's a new world out there,
  Coming to find me
  Everything's waiting up ahead
  Nothings behind me,
  If I don't dream
  If I don't try,
  How will I know how far ill fly?
  There may be mountain peaks,
  I want to slide down,
  There may be rivers fast and wide
  I want to ride down
  If I don't dream
  If I don't try

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  Napoleon
  Sloppy Meateaters

  There goes the band up in flames
  Just like Napoleon
  Zero self-esteem is what you suffer from
  Your pride will choke you
  the power to absolve is in your pocket
  Deep in your pocket
  Atonement in deployment
  there is no sin,
  neutral is my motion (in a godless universe)
  time moves, I exist
  Resting on his fists
  scorched Earth politics
  give more than ya got
  altruistic plot, to undermine
  our very short time of existence
  don't resist it
  Blinded by his vanity
  Crippled by insecurity
  That’s me
  And you're better than you know
  You’re better than you know
  you're better than you show