Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.

"It's a historic moment not only for me, but for our two countries. Napoleon was one of the last people to see him alive." ...

There are casual collectors, dedicated collectors and obsessive collectors — and then there's Pierre-Jean Chalençon, who built a childhood interest in Napoleon Bonaparte into an acclaimed ...

Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 in Ajaccio, the capital of the island of Corsica. Today, down a tiny side street, the house he was born ...

And two choral groups — Ensemble Spartimu and Ensemble Organum with Jérôme Casalonga — perform Corsican polyphonic chants, in a nod to Napoleon's childhood on the island of Corsica.

Yet the veracity of this moment rests primarily on a single account – the memoir of one of Napoleon’s childhood friends, Louis de Bourrienne, who attended the same school. The author was later ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte and was specially ordered for the personal use by the French emperor will be auctioned in Paris next month, an auction house said. Napoleon ordered the ...

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At brief, introspective moments in Ridley Scott's pyrotechnics-heavy biopic Napoleon, a simple melody emerges from the delicate sound of an old piano.It's more than 200 years old and once belonged to ...