Napoleon and Love

1974 NR 1h 00m 7.4

A dramatized account of Napoleon's (Ian Holm) love life and his many women. From first love, marriage, and betrayal with Josephine (Billie Whitelaw), liaisons with actresses, his love for the beautiful patriotic Marie Walewska (Catherine...

A dramatized account of Napoleon's (Ian Holm) love life and his many women. From first love, marriage, and betrayal with Josephine (Billie Whitelaw), liaisons with actresses, his love for the beautiful patriotic Marie Walewska (Catherine Schell), and his second marriage to Austrian Marie-Louise (Susan Wooldridge), all the time seeking an heir, and building an empire. There are nine fifty-minute episodes.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Rose

Aired: Mar 5, 1974

Marseilles, 1795. Broke and unemployed, Napoleon seeks the hand of Desiree, a...

Episode 2 Josephine

Aired: Mar 12, 1974

While Napoleon wages a brilliant campaign in Italy, Josephine conducts an aff...

Episode 3 Pauline

Aired: Mar 19, 1974

Campaigning in Egypt, Napoleon hears of Josephine's infidelity. Heartbroken, ...

Episode 4 Georgina

Aired: Mar 26, 1974

Now first consul of France and on the brink of becoming emperor, Napoleon tak...

Episode 5 Eleonore

Aired: Apr 2, 1974

Napoleon is the emperor of France but still has no heir. Is he infertile, or ...

Episode 6 Maria Walewska

6. Maria Walewska

Aired: Apr 9, 1974

The Emperor frees Warsaw from the Russians and falls in love with Marie Walew...

Episode 7 Maria Luisa

Aired: Apr 16, 1974

Napoleon needs a son and knows that Josephine can never give him one. Josephi...

Episode 8 Louise

Aired: Apr 23, 1974

Napoleon weds Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria, a young woman with large s...

Episode 9 The End of Love

9. The End of Love

Aired: Apr 30, 1974

When Napoleon's Russian expedition fails, he is forced to abdicate and retrea...

Info about Napoleon and Love

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Genres: Drama, War, Romance, History, Biography