Just a humble kid from Corsica, he went to military school in Paris. 200 years after Waterloo, Napoleon’s legend lives in Paris SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Back in central Paris though, and my crowning glory is when I indulge my stomach on Napoleon’s behalf. I give it my all at Café Procope (procope.com), where one can dine on classic French ...

Yet by the spring of 1853, when Napoleon named Haussmann prefect of the Seine — the national government’s representative to and administrator of Paris — plans for the rebuilding of the city ...

Tracking Napoleon’s rise and fall in Paris. Rick Steves. Working on my TV shows and guidebooks in Europe, I try to get the straight story on history, but it can be tricky.

Working on my TV shows and guidebooks in Europe, I try to get the straight story on history, but it can be tricky. I keep remembering Napoleon’s quote: “What is history but a myth agreed upon?” ...

With prices for Napoleonic memorabilia soaring, a major Parisian exhibition will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo—the general’s final defeat—with a look at the ...

PARIS -- France's national army museum has recreated the home where Napoleon lived his final years, bringing furniture and belongings from the remote Atlantic Island of St. Helena to Paris for the ...

A felt hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte when he ruled the French empire in the 19th century sold for more than $2 million at auction in Paris Sunday, French auction house Osenat said in a statement.

The only copy, written by a close adviser, is expected to fetch $162,000. "This document is very special in the great mass of documents produced in Napoleon's era," said Napoleon expert Pierre Gheno.

PARIS — After Hollywood's "Napoleon" exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation, more than 100 relics — which shaped empires, broke hearts and spawned centuries of fascination — are ...