Original manuscripts on the Consulate and Empire that belonged to Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis (1746-1807), one of the architects of the Napoleonic Code at an auction in 2012. (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE ...

On a busy street in the centre of Montauban in southern France, with roadworks blasting the pavement nearby, there is a spot earmarked for a new statue of France's best-known dictator. Once Europe's ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is to lay a wreath at the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte to mark the 200th anniversary of his death on Wednesday after months of debate about the legacy of the country's ...

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 - ...