But to see his hat and his bed, you remember he was a real man, not just a legend.” “You can’t escape him, even if you wanted to. He’s part of being French,” said teacher Laure Mallet, 51.

But to see his hat and his bed, you remember he was a real man, not just a legend." "You can't escape him, even if you wanted to. He's part of being French," said teacher Laure Mallet, 51.

CHALENCON: Napoleon was a designer a little bit, and he want to be unique. And all of his generals was wearing the hat completely differently.

Some call him a genius and a statesman. Others say he was a tyrant. Napoleon Bonaparte died 204 years ago, and now Sotheby's is auctioning off some of the general-turned-emperor's belongings in ...