Born on the fringes of Europe, he rose through chaos and revolution to crown himself Emperor of the French. His name became a ...

The discovery of a previously unknown letter from the French emperor Napoleon to his favourite sister Pauline, warning her to ...

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I can’t think of any two people more prominent in the minds of French citizens than the Virgin Mary and Emperor Napoleon. And they share an important date: August 15 – when it’s believed she ...

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The famous Paris opera house known as the Opera Garnier is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Emperor Napoleon III commissioned the building in the 1850s but would never see its completion.

“The name of Napoleon,” said the French emperor Napoleon III, “is a program in itself.” The same is true of Alcatraz, or as President Trump put it in a Truth Social post announcing his intention to re ...