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 ...

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 ...

Ridley Scott’s latest outing brings the story of Napoleon Bonaparte to life. The French military commander rose to prominence on the back of his efforts and the impact he had while leading armies ...

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).

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 ...

“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 ...