The show, the most violent of its era, ran for 30 episodes and was seen as the antithesis of the more avant-garde The ...

Scientists say they've discovered traces of the deadly pathogens that ravaged Napoleon's soldiers during his doomed 1812 retreat from Russia — offering a clearer picture of the circumstances of the ...

GENEVA (AP) — A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at ...

Buyers across Europe have pounced on the Nordic conspiracy thriller, 'Operation Napoleon - Tears of the Wolf,' with Magnolia Pictures taking rights in North America. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau ...

But the Russian Empire had been resisting his efforts to cut off all trade with Britain. That summer, he ordered his army, some 600,000 strong, to invade Russia. It would prove to be a terrible ...

A unique brooch set with old mine-cut diamonds once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte will headline Sotheby’s Royal & Noble Sale on November 12 at the Mandarin Oriental in Geneva. It will be offered at ...

On June 24, 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte led a massive army of over 600,000 troops across the Niemen River in present-day Lithuania in what has become known as his Russian Campaign. His goal was to get ...

In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But by December, only a fraction of the army remained alive. Historical records ...

As the title character of the unexpected cinema success “Napoleon Dynamite,” Jon Heder has seen the quirky, coming-of-age 2004 comedy movie come from humble beginnings. More specifically, ...

He was a French dictator—the original short king. Napoleon's supposedly short stature made him the mockery of Europe and inspired a stigma that persists today. Napoleon Bonaparte poses for a portrait ...

Beginning on June 24, 1812, around 600,000 soldiers led by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte crossed the Neman River to invade the Russian Empire. The war was one of the most costly in history, and ...

An American war re-enactor earned the job of Napoleon for the 210th anniversary of the battle, despite his accent. An American war re-enactor earned the job of Napoleon for the 210th anniversary of ...