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 most remote inhabited islands. He spent the rest of his life there, isolated ...

The collection, amassed over 40 years, comes from the trove of avid Napoleon collector and socialite Pierre-Jean Chalençon ...

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

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

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 ...

SUPPLEMENT: A house in Addiscombe became the final home for a much-travelled old soldier, who fought in Wellington’s armies ...

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