When I noticed that Aug. 15 is Napoleon’s 253rd birthday, I recalled a dinner I had several years ago with an elderly surgeon. He had amassed a remarkable collection of medical historical ...

Prior to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the French ruler gave the saber to one of his most trusted generals, whose family kept it for generations ...

In recent years, several of Napoleon's possessions have fetched high prices at auctions. In July of the previous year, two ...

As Napoleon Bonaparte consolidated his power in France in 1802, he commissioned the master armorer at the state armory in Versailles to make him a sword. This magnificent blade, which Napoleon ...

Credit: AP/Nicole Evatt Perhaps best known as the site of Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile from 1815 until his death in 1821, St. Helena features multiple heritage sites honoring the deposed French ...

It all ended in ashes and exile, twice. Napoleon was unforgivably careless with the blood and treasure of France and that of the rest of Europe that struggled so mightily to stop him. It’s not a ...

More than 200 years after Bonaparte’s death, history—and a new movie—fuel debate about his legacy, France’s colonial past, and the leader’s ties to Haiti. Napoleon Bonaparte died on May ...

only to end his life in exile. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Abel Gance’s 1927 French silent film, also titled Napoleon, is the most famous screen portrayal of the historical figure.