On May 5, 1821, former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile after suffering from a mysterious illness for weeks. At the time, his cause of death was said to be stomach cancer, but his ...

Fearing exile to a remote part of the Atlantic, Napoleon hatched an escape plan - not that his life was entirely uncomfortable on the island, where he had the luxury of a villa and separate summer ...

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered today for his attempted conquest of Europe, his exile to a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean — and his exceptionally small stature.

A mysterious bronze death mask of French Emperor Napoleon offers a macabre glimpse into his death in exile on the remote Atlantic island of St. Helena. The mask was cast from a mold taken shortly ...

Napoleon Bonaparte's quote warns against fighting one enemy too often. Repeated battles teach adversaries valuable lessons ...

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 ...

France’s most celebrated writer of the age, Victor Hugo, who famously dismissed the second emperor as “Napoléon le petit” and ...

The last Napoleon felted-beaver bicorne to have come under the hammer, pictured above before its auction in Paris in 2014, went for $2.2 million to a South Korean collector. Now on display in Bonhams’ ...

Two versions of Napoleon Bonaparte crop up on screen. The first is a titan of history who marches vast armies across Europe, forging his own destiny and the continent’s. This is the figure with whom ...