The weight of Napoleon III's name hung over him for his entire life. Convinced he was heir to his uncle Napoleon Bonaparte's ...

Holdfast: Nations At War features 150-player battles, Napoleonic and WW1 settings, naval combat, and extensive class ...

A massive trove of artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has sold for more than $10 million in Paris, an auction house ...

Among the star lots is Napoleon’s iconic bicorne hat, crafted by his official hatmaker Poupard, estimated at between 500,000 euros and 800,000 euros. His personal gold and ebony seal, used to send ...

The years from 1812 to 1821 mark the dramatic decline and eventual fall of Napoleon Bonaparte’s empire. This video explores the critical period starting with the disastrous Russian campaign of ...

Officers typically wore their bicornes front to back. Napoleon, however, wore his in battle with the wings parallel to his shoulders. Its estimate is €500,000 – €800,000 ($571,167 - $913,867).

Napoleon’s throne from Stupinigi Palace in Turin, Italy, is the most expensive piece of furniture in the collection, estimated to sell for €400,000 (US$455,254).

Sotheby’s Paris to Auction an Intimate Inventory of Napoleon’s Reign With battle relics, love letters and one very famous bicorne hat, Pierre-Jean Chalençon's one-of-a-kind trove of ...

It’s time to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, an annual holiday on May 5 that recognizes Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire led by Napoleon III at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. May 5 falls on a ...

Napoleon made a bold return from exile in 1815 only to lose his last shot at empire in a crushing defeat delivered by the Duke of Wellington and the combined forces of Europe.

Never a member of the Continental System and France’s greatest adversary during the Napoleonic period, Britain, having reconciled with France after the fall of Napoleon in 1815, still felt ...