Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen, composed of troops from France as well as Poland, Germany ...

Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. But after winning a costly victory at Borodino and ...

Donald Hickey, author of The War of 1812 ... with Emperor Napoleon’s France, they brazenly interfered with neutral America’s lucrative maritime commerce with Europe by seizing American ...

Two years later, Napoleon was crowned emperor. He spent the early 19th century conquering much of Europe, but was stymied during his failed 1812 invasion of Russia and subsequently exiled to the ...

Sushila Sawant MendesThe wars will end and the leaders will shake hands and that old woman will remain waiting for her martyred son and that girl will wait for ...

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

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

Napoleon is alleged to have once said: 'There are only two powers in the world - the sword and the mind.' He presented the sword to his last Marshal of the Empire, Emmanuel de Grouchy, to reward ...

PARIS, France — A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 million euros at auction in Paris, many times the asking ...