A tiny scrap of wallpaper thought to be from the bedroom Napoleon used while he was imprisoned by the British has been sold for £1,250 at auction. The three-inch souvenir from the time the French ...

There were friendly speeches, re-enactments, and prayers, but left unaddressed was a mystery that continues to colour Anglo-French relations: namely, the question of exactly how Napoleon died, and ...

A fragment of wallpaper to be auctioned this month might help prove the cause of Napoleon's death. Controversy has raged over how the French emperor met his death while in British custody on the South ...

High levels of arsenic found in Napoleon’s hair were not the result of deliberate poisoning, a new forensic study has concluded. The metal most probably came from a hair ointment, or perhaps gunpowder ...

A fragment of wallpaper to be auctioned this month might help prove the cause of Napoleon's death. Controversy has raged over how the French emperor met his death while in British custody on the South ...