Talk:Napoleonic era

'Era' is capitalized or not?
The terms 'Napoleonic era' and 'Napoleonic Era' both appear in this article. I suggest that only one variant of this term should be used to avoid confusion and to provide clarity. WinterSpw (talk) 01:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Reformulation.
"Napoleon`s empire began to unravel in 1812, when he decided to invade Russia. Unfortunately, Napoleon didn`t think before making his move."

I believe the part "Napoleon didn`t think before making his move." has to be removed or made more specific. Ironically it is followed by "Underestimating the difficulties his army would have to face while visiting Russia. Convinced that the tsar was conspiring with his British enemies, Napoleon led an army of six-hundred thousand soldiers to Moscow." Which make the assumption that he did "think", as in he did have some sort of strategy.

The point is taken, but "didn`t think before making his move" is a non-formal way of speech. It can actually be seen as vulgar and even offending for some. As it may imply that every single action made by Narpoleon relative to the Russian-campaign was "bad" and not well thought through. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimi3s (talk • contribs) 14:01, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Bonaparte's coup de etat?!
Having just finished William Boyle's Oxford History of the French Revolution, I was surprised to read here in this article, in the introductory para, that a coup was involved. It wasn't mentioned in this well regarded telling. Boyle has it that Bony was installed as First Consul (of three) almost by acclamation. He had just made short work of winning all of France's continental wars for her. I would like to see a citation for this claim of a coup. wgoetsch (talk) 04:43, 24 July 2013 (UTC)