Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered as a brilliant general, a political visionary—and famously, as a very short man. But the truth is far taller. This episode unpacks how a mistranslated measurement, ruthless propaganda, and pop culture solidified one of history’s biggest lies. The real story changes everything you thought you knew.
The real measurement and how it was mistranslated
British propaganda’s role in creating “Little Boney”
Why the Napoleon Complex is psychological fiction