The collection, amassed over 40 years, comes from the trove of avid Napoleon collector and socialite Pierre-Jean Chalençon ...

According to Sotheby's, their forthcoming auction of Pierre-Jean Chalençon's collection "presents an extraordinary synthesis ...

The younger sister of Napoleon, Pauline Bonaparte was known for her beauty and was never shy about showing off her "natural ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a memorable military leader, but when it comes to his relationship with women and his wife Josephine, there is a spicy little detail that will certainly leave quite a few people ...

The two-stone ring first gained notoriety back in the late 18th century, when French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte presented his bride-to-be and future empress, Joséphine de Beauharnais, with a ...

Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais were once the world’s unassailable power couple, then the beguiling and ruinously extravagant Empress Joséphine was surely an early – or ...

She’d just gotten a call from Ridley Scott, who offered her the role of Joséphine in his epic film “Napoleon,” and of course she said yes. But she only had vague impressions about the woman who became ...

But she only had vague impressions about the woman who became Empress of the French during her marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte (played by Joaquin Phoenix in the film), so her holiday suddenly ...

The film charts Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to fame during the French Revolution, focusing on his volatile relationship with Empress Joséphine ... his one true love, Josephine, showcasing his ...

Film fans have long been aware auteur legend Stanley Kubrick’s dream project was a big, sweeping epic about French officer-emperor Napoleon Bonaparte ... Franz and Empress Sissi in Corsage ...

Even when she becomes empress, she’s never going to be ... When she first meets Napoleon, Josephine glistens as she crosses the room. For her body, Carboni confesses: “Vanessa has the most ...