Five aristocratic titles that still exist in France today You may think the Revolution abolished hereditary peers forever, but thanks to Napoleon, barons and dukes can be found in modern France
Napoleon letter from Moscow for sale in US for $55,000 ‘He thought he had won, and was enjoying the Tsar’s wine’
Napoleon, an ‘irritable little tyrant’? Not to us French people The leader remains a central figure and unified France during one of its most fraught periods, say two experts, as a new blockbuster film about him divides critics Napoleon’s bicorne hat sells for €1.9m at French auction History of casinos in France: How Napoleon started a gambling boom Urban myth or true: Is it illegal to call a pig Napoleon in France?
Truth or myth?: Napoleon and the story of the truncated pyramid cheese We look into the origins of the oddly shaped Valençay goat cheese
French language: Napoleon’s ‘Old Guard’ still used in English today A battle cry from Waterloo and descriptions of experienced soldiers - Napoleonic phrases that live on
Joséphine Bonaparte, Napoleon’s wife, was nothing if not a survivor Her life was far from ordinary: she lost her first husband to the guillotine, built up legendary debts and wild animals roamed freely about her extensive gardens
Heritage group director to receive MBE medal for Anglo-French services The Allied Forces Heritage group helps promote the commemoration of allied services, covering not only the two World Wars, but also the Franco-Prussian wars and events going back to the Napoleonic era
Hat belonging to Napoleon and containing his DNA up for auction A bicorne hat picked up in Germany and recently discovered to contain hairs linking it to Napoleon Bonaparte is shortly to be auctioned in London
Napoleon: Should France mark the 200th anniversary of his death? This year marks 200 years since Napoleon Bonaparte’s death in 1821 and commemorations are dividing France
Napoleon bicentenary: Macron to commemorate (not celebrate) the leader The president will mark the occasion without celebrating the accomplishments of the former emperor, who is controversial for having re-established slavery
Napoleon’s big brother is honoured in US with memorial park and museum Napoleon’s lawyer and businessman older brother, Joseph, escaped to live in exile in new Jersey after the Battle of Waterloo
A short history of Germaine de Staël 'There are three great powers struggling against Napoleon for the soul of Europe... England, Russia and Mme de Staël'
Napoléon’s family keep his life on show Napoléon's great-great- nephew is determined to give a human dimension to the notorious emperor. Jane Hanks speaks to him at his unique museum Why France should bring back ‘Socialist Emperor’ G’day Sheila could have been b’jour Bruce €18k Bona-parting
French language notes - March 2019 Time to get fruity with these French phrases Join Britain’s only French regiment under Wellington Napoleon’s remote island exile now open to tourists Napoleon Bonapark Grab a chance to see Napoleon’s Saint Helena uniform Labrador Tag Feed