France has a lot of historic sites associated with Napoleon Bonaparte (as do other parts of the world), but a single myth has persisted throughout history about the former French emperor ...

We all have our own vision of the Parthenon. Lord Elgin, for one, seems to have treated it like Harrods. Hoping to decorate ...

Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

Carême takes place during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte after the French Revolution. The chef, played by Benjamin Voisin, ...

Carême takes place during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte after the French Revolution. The chef, played by Benjamin Voisin, ...

Another myth, which Gallot denies vociferously ... a term that refers to plots bought for specific term lengths under a ...

“Napoleon was a man of water,” Dancoisne-Martineau ... As Andrew Roberts told us, “St. Helena is an essential part of the Napoleonic myth—because of his ill treatment.

Later chapters trace Rome’s afterlives, including its inspiration for ambitious statesmen from Charlemagne to Napoleon ... glamorous recreation of Rome’s myths and reality.

Another myth, which Gallot denies vociferously ... to plots bought for specific term lengths under a system codified by Napoleon I in 1804. These concessions replaced the common graves in which ...