A trove of objects that portray Napoleon Bonaparte at his most powerful—and his most personal—sold for a whopping total of ...

That mix — Scott’s spectacle and Phoenix’s the-emperor-has-no-clothes performance — makes “Napoleon” a rivetingly off-kilter experience. It’s not always a smooth mix.

After conquering Europe, Napoleon faced his most unexpected enemy—rabbits. What was supposed to be a victory celebration turned into one of the weirdest defeats in history.

Napoleon's Hundred Days and the Politics of Legitimacy (Palgrave, 2018) Jeremy Black, The Battle of Waterloo: A New History ...

Prince NAPOLEON then quoted the words of NAPOLEON I., which, he said, be would like to hear repeated by NAPOLEON III. In 1808, the Emperor said to the deputies of the old Roman provinces: ...

The emperor and his wife's complex relationship is illustrated through the letters he penned her while at war and their mutual infidelity. French emperor Napoleon crowns his wife Joséphine in ...

Napoleon wore the hat as he returned from the island of Elba in 1815. Napoleon, who was exiled to the island in 1814, escaped and returned to France a year later, becoming emperor again.

Napoleon Bonaparte was, according to everyone who matters, utterly compelling. The 'Little Corporal' conquered Europe, made himself emperor and wore his hat the wrong way around just to stand out ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte and was specially ordered for the personal use by the French emperor will be auctioned in Paris next month, an auction house said. Napoleon ordered the ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France. In 1823, during his annual address to the U.S. Congress, President James Monroe proclaimed a new U.S ...

Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" subscribes to the Not-So-Great Man theory of history.