If you have a deeper interest in Napoleon I heartily recommend the Napoleon podcast http://napoleonbonapartepodcast.com http://napoleonbonapartepodcast.com. On

If you have a deeper interest in Napoleon I heartily recommend the Napoleon podcast http://napoleonbonapartepodcast.com http://napoleonbonapartepodcast.com. One of the things I learned was that the British started the wars and continuously broke the peace agreements. Still to this day most people think the reverse. It has to stand as one of the most successfully executed propaganda campaigns of history that people still think it 200 years later. And yeah he was not short. He is listed as 5.2 but in modern units that is 5.7 which was above average height for the age.