Napoleon Bonaparte
Imperial Chopper Thought to Belong to Napoleon Sold At Auction
Proving that people really will buy anything, British auctioneers were able to sell off a tooth allegedly yanked from the mouth of diminutive French dictator Napoleon, for the tidy sum of $22,000.
France: Corsica: Birthplace of Napoleon Bonaporte
Those interested in learning about Corsica should venture to the Internet for data on this French island where Napoleon Bonaporte was born.
Napoleon's Golden Sword Fetches More Than £3m
Its gold-encrusted blade holds the secrets of the young Napoleon, who carried it into one of his legendary, seemingly doomed battles.
Napoleon's Retreating Army Felled By Parasites
According to new research by French scientists, the fabled Grande Armée, reduced to 30,000 men by December 1812 from a total of 600,000-700,000 just six months earlier, was felled by parasites - not hunger or biting cold.
Trousers Button Up the Mystery of How Napoleon Met His Final Waterloo
One of the enduring mysteries of Anglo-French history may finally have been solved by scientists - thanks to some pairs of trousers.
The French Still Yearn for L'empereur
Amid a new frenzy of Napoleon fever, his will, dictated by the emperor on his deathbed in 1821, sold for €111,000 (£77,000) in Paris last week.
Dead men walking
Adam Zamoyski's 1812 is a brilliant, chilling account of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow which has striking resonances for a new Europe...
Frozen Victims of 1812 Get Final Burial
Almost 200 years after they froze to death during the epic retreat from the gates of Moscow, some 3,000 soldiers from Napoleon's "grand army" were finally given a proper burial yesterday. With the French tricolour fluttering over a Vilnius hillside while diplomats devoted speeches to the...
After 190 Years the Bones of Boney's Army Are Unearthed in a Mass Grave in Lithuania
Thousands of corpses of the footsoldiers who perished in Napoleon's disastrous 1812 retreat from Moscow have been discovered in a mass grave in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.
Its gold-encrusted blade holds the secrets of the young Napoleon, who carried it into one of his legendary, seemingly doomed battles.
Napoleon's Retreating Army Felled By Parasites
According to new research by French scientists, the fabled Grande Armée, reduced to 30,000 men by December 1812 from a total of 600,000-700,000 just six months earlier, was felled by parasites - not hunger or biting cold.
Trousers Button Up the Mystery of How Napoleon Met His Final Waterloo
One of the enduring mysteries of Anglo-French history may finally have been solved by scientists - thanks to some pairs of trousers.
The French Still Yearn for L'empereur
Amid a new frenzy of Napoleon fever, his will, dictated by the emperor on his deathbed in 1821, sold for €111,000 (£77,000) in Paris last week.
Dead men walking
Adam Zamoyski's 1812 is a brilliant, chilling account of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow which has striking resonances for a new Europe...
Frozen Victims of 1812 Get Final Burial
Almost 200 years after they froze to death during the epic retreat from the gates of Moscow, some 3,000 soldiers from Napoleon's "grand army" were finally given a proper burial yesterday. With the French tricolour fluttering over a Vilnius hillside while diplomats devoted speeches to the...
After 190 Years the Bones of Boney's Army Are Unearthed in a Mass Grave in Lithuania
Thousands of corpses of the footsoldiers who perished in Napoleon's disastrous 1812 retreat from Moscow have been discovered in a mass grave in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.