An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...

There are more books with “Napoleon” in their titles than there have been days since the death of the French emperor and general in 1821. So reports Andrew Roberts in his magisterial biography of the ...

Two centuries ago this week, a coalition of European forces defeated Napoleon in an epic battle outside the city of Brussels. The continent is united these days, but the Battle of Waterloo still has ...

A hat said to be worn by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo sold for more than $400,000 at an auction in Lyon, France. The De Baecque auction house told CNN the buyer is a European collector ...

LIGNY, Belgium – Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Frank Samson, a pudgy Paris lawyer who likes wearing gold braided uniforms and a black bicorne hat, won his last battle on Sunday in southern Belgium ...

With “Monsieur N.,” director Antoine de Caunes and writer Rene Manzor have fashioned an elegant, sophisticated mystery from a combination of contradictory historical records and tantalizing ...

In his novel Les Miserables, French author Victor Hugo said of the Battle of Waterloo that "an unseasonably clouded sky sufficed to bring about the collapse of a World." Indeed, bad weather caused by ...

One of the many things Napoleon Bonaparte was famous for was taking long soaks in the bath, during which he read newspapers. Napoleon's remains were taken back to Paris where he lies in a vast marble ...

Europe is united these days, but opinion about the French emperor and military leader is not. A re-enactment of the epic battle that marked his... 200 Years After Waterloo, Napoleon Still Divides ...