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

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

Among the star lots is Napoleon’s iconic bicorne hat, crafted by his official hatmaker Poupard, estimated at between 500,000 ...

It was Napoleon who got him out of prison in 1797, as part of a treaty agreement between France and Austria in the French Revolutionary War. ... In his memoirs, ...

With Napoleon in Russia : the memoirs of General de Caulaincourt, duke of Vicenza Bookreader Item Preview ... Translation of Memoirs du general de Caulaincourt Access-restricted-item true Addeddate ...

the epoch of napoleon; memoirs of prince metternich.* a notable contribution to european history--the old chancellor's remembrances, edited by prince richard metternich.

Napoleon made a bold return from exile in 1815 only to lose his last shot at empire in a crushing defeat delivered by the Duke of ... In his memoirs, Capt. Jean-Roch Coignet recalled ...

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de, 1769-1834; Phipps, Ramsay Weston, 1838-1923. Publication date 1906 Topics Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Publisher ...

Man of Logic NAPOLEON'S MEMOIRS [605 pp.) —Edited by Somerset de Chair—Harper ($7.50). "I have been severely scolded today over my laziness," said the exiled Napoleon ...

William Mosby was in Oaxaca on a Guggenheim grant to write his memoirs. ... Napoleon's sarcophagus was of polished red stone, a great, swooping, polished cradle containing the little green corpse.

A pair of pistols owned by Napoleon Bonaparte have sold for €1.7m (£1.4m). They were dubbed "the pistols that might have changed the course of history" because after the first abdication of the ...