Napoleon Bonaparte

There are many roads a person can take in an effort to gain power, but none is perhaps more controversial than the act of usurpation. Many of history's most greatest rulers were those who took power, even when they had no legitimate claim to do so—these are the stories of some of those ruthless usurpers.

Napoleon: Is there any one name from history that's so maligned? But for good reason—this supposedly small tyrant had enormous scandals.