The years from 1812 to 1821 mark the dramatic decline and eventual fall of Napoleon Bonaparte’s empire. This video explores ...

The storied trove of Napoleonic materials owned by Pierre-Jean Chalençon will be offered by Sotheby’s Paris on June 24 in an ...

A Napoleon hat is the ultimate symbol of the French emperor. A major sale in Paris next month includes a great example at ...

Some 100 Napoleon artifacts from the Chalençon collection are headed to the auction block at Sotheby's Paris in June.

After Napoleon Bonaparte's final defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he was exiled to St. Helena, one of the world's ...

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

The discovery of Napoleon’s 3-cm penis invites a deeper discussion about male identity and the perception of power throughout ...

According to Sotheby's, their forthcoming auction of Pierre-Jean Chalençon's collection "presents an extraordinary synthesis ...

Geneva expels protestant reformer John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for ...

There were always rumors about him, though. Johnny Rotten famously called him out on TV in the '70s. Richard Herring and ...

Recently, a now-deleted Reddit user posted to the popular Ask Reddit page to ask what I thought was such a fun question: "Who ...