A trove of objects that portray Napoleon Bonaparte at his most powerful—and his most personal—sold for a whopping total of ...

The American filmmaker is artistic director of the July 6 fundraiser at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

Its title signals it will not be a history viewed through a chosen lens, whether of post-colonialism, decolonisation or ...

The index alone is a bibliophile’s dream. Literature professor Wilson has done a remarkable job recreating the story of the ...

What appalled and obsessed Victor Hugo most was the seemingly “normal nature” of the French regime, even as it committed acts of unprecedented authoritarian menace and cruelty.

Critically lambasted on its release, and so commercially unsuccessful that the filmmaker signed onto ‘The Shining’ for an ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $12 million.

Much of the magazine’s earliest book reviewing was written under ... is “The Warrior’s Soul,” in which Napoleon’s campaign against Russia is seen to have been fought over nothing, much like the Great ...

Maverick (Tom Cruise) has one of the most iconic pieces of wardrobe ever. That bomber jacket, covered in patches, is ...

It was an odd summer of sport, elevated by Sonia, and little else. Sometimes you have to look back at the past to truly ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...

With the epic sweep and palace intrigue of “Game of Thrones,” new 10-part Hungarian miniseries “Rise of the Raven” had its ...