Under the direction of France’s most famous ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Napoleonic Code – the Code Napoléon – took force this week (March 21) in 1804. Napoleon’s goal was to reform the archaic and ...
"My cavalry is in tatters, many horses are dying," dictated Napoleon, the once-feared leader showing the strain of his calamitous Russian invasion, which halved his army. The rare document - dated ...
A secret code letter sent by French emperor Napoleon boasting that his forces would blow up Moscow's Kremlin has sold at auction today for almost £152,000. Its elegantly calligraphic ciphers show ...
Under the direction of France’s most famous ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Napoleonic Code — the Code Napoléon — took force last week (March 21) in 1804. Napoleon’s goal was to reform the archaic and ...
Original manuscripts on the Consulate and Empire that belonged to Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis (1746-1807), one of the architects of the Napoleonic Code at an auction in 2012. (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE ...
FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE—A secret code letter sent by French emperor Napoleon boasting that his forces would blow up Moscow’s Kremlin sold at auction Sunday for €187,500 ($243,500) — 10 times its ...
A taxi driver waves a French flag in front of riot police during arally in Paris on May 19, 2025 as part of a nationwide demonstration against proposed changes in how the state finances medical ...
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