The crown of Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III, which had 1,354 diamonds, is largely intact and will be carefully ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris announced it will begin restoration work on a crown that was damaged during the October heist of ...

If Napoleon had conquered England and brought his wooden rulers with him, I might have been done for. Mercilessly ...

Happy Monday — and happy Groundhog Day! Moments ago at the Staten Island Zoo, Staten Island Chuck unsurprisingly predicted ...

A 200-year-old mystery, dating from Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, may have been solved. Researchers believe that they have finally found the remains in Smolensk of one of Napoleon’s favorite generals ...

For several years, University of Iowa literature professor Anna Barker has produced a steady blizzard of commentary on classic French literature: Hugo, Stendahl, Dumas, Balzac. In her debut book, 13 ...

An author from northern China reveals how the Vatican and Chinese Church are reliving the experience of the Church in France during the Revolution and the Napoleonic empire. BEIJING: The agreement ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed his fifth prime minister since he took office — that’s one every 18 months. Maybe it’s just the way it is — with the French, I mean. For more than 1,000 ...

Come and join us for another delve into the Projects to find the best of the best from the last week or so. We'll be getting stuck into lots of great-looking ...

Following his defeat in the giant Battle of Leipzig (Oct 1813), Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, Napoleon - ...

Eddy Gilbert was always fond of telling people what great things he could do, and sometimes he did them. As a brash, icy-eyed youngster of 24. he decided he wanted control of Memphis’ E.L. Bruce Co., ...