I had one of those Usborne supernatural books when i was a kid, it said something about a red ghost that was supposed to follow Napoleon Bonaparte around, does anyone else know any more about this?
In Napoleon's memoirs, the military genius also mentions his encounters with a famous entity known as "the little red man," a ghost who became well known as a harbinger of tragedy in France. According to legend, the entity appeared to some of the nation's most notable personalities for over 260 years. Its habitat seemed primarily to be the Louvre and the Tuileries in Paris.
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The Red Man first appeared to Napoleon in 1798 during the military leader's Egyptian campaign. The entity is said to have materialized for Napoleon and to have made a bargain with the ambitious officer.
According to the terms of the contract, Napoleon was to enjoy victory and triumph on the battlefields of Europe for a decade. The strange visitor said that he had advised the rulers of France in the past and declared that he had now come to give counsel to Napoleon.
The mysterious ghostly adviser told the military genius that he had been at his side since he was but a schoolboy. "I know you better than you know yourself," the spirit chided him.
http://www.rense.com/general81/nap.htm
Does that help any? It was about the only thing I could find. There's more at the link. Just scroll almost halfway down the page.