On December 2, 1804, the great and good of Paris gathered in Notre-Dame Cathedral to witness the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte and the birth of the French Empire. It’s a moment immortalized (and ...
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Napoleon’s known marshals: Eight men, eight stories
Not every marshal under Napoleon became a legend — but each played a role in shaping the Empire. In this episode, we uncover the stories of eight less-remembered Marshals, from Pérignon and Brune to ...
A remarkable archive documenting Napoleon's final days in exile has come to light after more than 200 years. The never-before-seen cache of material includes a candid witness account describing his ...
A bounty of more than 100 Napoleon objects stunned at Sotheby’s Paris auction on Wednesday, when it raked in €8.3 million ($9.7 million), beating its presale estimate of €6 million ($7 million).
“Napoleon” is back on the march. Ridley Scott’s historical epic from last year, which starred Joaquin Phoenix as the arrogant military-leader-turned-emperor Napoleon, is getting the director’s cut ...
This article contains spoilers for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon. Even in the first trailer, it is an immensely chilly spectacle. On a frozen field in central Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte, the supreme general ...
A hat said to be worn by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo sold for more than $400,000 at an auction in Lyon, France. The De Baecque auction house told CNN the buyer is a European collector ...
About an hour into Ridley Scott's epic movie, the cinema screen is filled with the sumptuous Imperial Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine. It is a telling moment – a turning point in the history of ...
If you don’t know the story of Napoleon Bonaparte beyond pop culture standards of his short stature, big ego, and ABBA-recognized surrender at Waterloo, Scott won’t be much help. Napoleon's script, ...
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