A French Emperor who dreamed of retiring in New Jersey. A military dictator who wrote steamy romances. A corporal who saw the world past death. These are the weird things you don't know about Napoleon ...

The Battle of Berezina in 1812 was a significant moment in Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's aborted campaign against Tsarist Russia, with French troops suffering heavy losses as they fled the pursuing ...

Video. Thousands of re-enactors in the Czech Republic recreated Napoleon’s 1805 victory at Austerlitz, drawing large crowds ...

Thousands of re-enactors in the Czech Republic recreated Napoleon’s 1805 victory at Austerlitz, drawing large crowds for the ...

Sotheby's did not disclose the identity of the seller of the brooch, and said that the buyer was a "private collector." ...

11 in. high. 25s. [P. 16; exhibited under heading: "Busts of Distinguished Persons."] Parian Marble on Porcelain Statuary, from models by the following eminent ...

The brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, features an oval diamond weighing over 13 carats surrounded by smaller cut ...

Joaquin Phoenix's Napoleon, director Ridley Scott's $200M historical epic that flopped at the box office, finds new life on ...

A diamond brooch, once owned by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, has shattered pre-sale estimates at an auction in Geneva.

A T SOTHEBY’S GENEVA this past week, a long-lost treasure of Napoleonic history inspired one of the most electrifying jewelry ...

And as they say, history often comes back to remind us that it once played a part. The diamond brooch that belonged to ...