Fontainebleau, the Tuileries and elsewhere. It was only in 1809, when it had become clear that Joséphine could not bear the son Napoleon needed to continue the Bonaparte dynasty, that he ...

If you didn't already know, the town of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (93) has a museum dedicated to the fire department: open only a ...

Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III, arrived unannounced ... even though the vast royal chateau at Fontainebleau, one of the country’s top tourist attractions, is only a few miles away.

"Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General ...

After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the ...