For educational purposes<br /><br />By the year 1800, Napoleon's political career was in full swing but as First Consul he was hardly a man of the people by a stroke of outrageous good fortune he even survived an assassination attempt on Christmas Eve 1800. <br /><br />This gave him the perfect excuse to eliminate several political enemies and tighten his grip on a tumultuous nation. <br /><br />This episode covers Napoleon's golden era; his rise to Emperor in 1804 and his remarkable military victories at Austerlitz, Eylau and Ulm. <br /><br />By 1808 the Emperor of France was just a short step away from becoming the Emperor of Europe.
