For example, foreign dignitaries once gathered for meetings in the Jardin des Tuileries, and Napoleon and Marie-Louise's wedding procession marched through the gardens on the way to the couple's ...

Napoleon I and the earlier periods from the Middle Ages to the Baroque were the big winners in a unique collection assembled ...

Daniel Bayard's "Triumph to Tragedy" five-book saga traces back to a Haitian ancestor from 1689 and explores Haiti from 1771-1845.

For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far right of ...

Academics who discovered the phenomenon say it is a classic case of a Napoleon complex, or 'short man syndrome'. And it is more likely to occur early in the game as referees attempt to assert ...

With her kind eyes and guileless smile, Hélène Vincent plays a sweet old French lady. But looks can be deceiving in this François Ozon film. By Manohla Dargis Paul Walter Hauser stars as a real ...

After Napoleon, Marie Antoinette is probably the most famous French historical figure in Britain, even though she was originally Austrian and he was Corsican. At an early age, however, both left home ...

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