Armand Assante and Jacqueline Bisset star as Napoleon Bonaparte and his faithful wife Josephine in this television mini-series following the powerful leader as he builds an empire, and meets the love of his life. In the wake of transforming France into an undisputed world power, Napoleon falls in deeply in love with older beauty Josephine de Beauharnais. Years later, after Josephine passes away, the ageing general watches in despair as his once powerful empire slowly falls to ruin.