Napoleon ordered the sabre in 1802 and kept it throughout his reign. The Giquello auction firm said on Friday it expected the ...

One of the best-known is Jacques-Louis David’s painting of Napoleon Bonaparte’s coronation as emperor, an event the artist ...

As he rode past his men, they shouted "Long Live the Emperor!" and waved flaming torches. It was December 2, 1805, the first anniversary of his coronation. Napoleon told an aide, "This is the ...