[noiseman]

He was Corsican which was part of the Republic of Genoa for a long time.

Yep. I’ve been to his birthplace in Ajaccio, Corsica. The revolutionary/separatist spirit was still very evident there.

[freefdny]

The Rest is History podcast did two shows on Napoleon. I thought they were good. They throw in some fun tidbits like Josephine had no teeth from eating too much candy. And I also loved the same British General who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown also surrendered to Napoleon at Toulon.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/ohara-surrender-washington-napoleon/
This linked story leaves out that General O’Hara became friends with Tom Paine in a Paris prison. Tom had kept his revolutionary spirit to join the French. That was great until they turned on him.