"Napoleon met an obstinate opponent to some of his pretensions in Pope Plus VII. The Emperor, accordingly, had the Pontiff brought from Rome to Fontainebleau, and in the chateau at that place ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 was sold at auction on Sunday outside Paris for 26,360 euros ($30,000), the auctioneer said.

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France's complicated past relationship with ...

Paris (AFP) – A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France's complicated past ...

At Fontainebleau, the pope and Napoleon again locked horns — this time in person. Yet, the pope largely refused to break down even as rumors spread that Napoleon had struck the pope.

To Kidnap a Pope: Napoleon and Pius VII by Ambrogio A Caiani, Yale, RRP£20, 376 pages Mark Mazower is director of the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France's complicated past relationship with ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 was sold at auction on Sunday outside Paris for €26,360, the auctioneer said.

The gate of the Chateau de Fontainebleau. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 will be auctioned this ...