PARIS — After the Hollywood epic “Napoleon” exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation two years ago, over 100 relics ...

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

The battle of the Bonapartes is part of the Napoleon House's second annual National Pimm’s Cup Day, a celebration of its ...

After Hollywood's "Napoleon" exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation, over 100 relics -- which shaped empires, ...

After the Hollywood epic "Napoleon" exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation two years ago, more than 100 relics -- which shaped empires, broke hearts and spawned centuries of fascination -- ...

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 ...

The Paris opera house known as the Palais Garnier turns 150 this year.

Napoleon Bonaparte’s journey from his birth in Corsica in 1768 to his coronation as Emperor of France in 1804 is a tale of ambition, military genius, and political maneuvering.

By 1804, he had crowned himself Emperor, effectively ending the republic. Strategy aside, Napoleon understood the power of image from the start, leveraging media, art and rhetoric to shape his ...

Emperor Napoleon III commissioned the building in the 1850s but would never see its completion. Its construction ran over schedule due to a few unexpected delays. As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley ...

These objects are coming from the collection of Pierre-Jean Chalençon, Napoleon expert (and apparent fan), who has snapped up hundreds of relics related to the French emperor over many years.