Napoleon owned about 120 "bicorne" hats, but only about 16 remain, mainly in private collections. The only known copy of his will sold at auction in 2013 for $483,000 - more than twice the ...

Alarmed by France’s growing power, the Prussians now challenged Napoleon, who made short work of them. "The idea that Prussia could take the field against me by herself," he said, "seems so ...

Of Napoleon’s 64 most senior generals, no fewer than 26 were casualties. The losses for the Allies were severe, too—Wellington lost 17,200 men, the Prussian commander Marshal Gebhard von ...

In the last decade of the 18th century, Napoleon’s forces were strong enough ... Apart from Austria, Prussia was the strongest German state. It was the only state that showed any real ability ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor is to be auctioned in ...