"Come general, the affair is over, we have lost the day," Napoleon told one of his officers. "Let us be off." The day was June 18, 1815. By about 8 p.m., the emperor of France knew he had been ...

A hat said to be worn by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo sold for more than $400,000 at an auction in Lyon, France. The De Baecque auction house told CNN the buyer is a European collector ...

Napoleon was well known for his "bicorne" (two-pointed) hats A military hat belonging to Napoleon, said to have been salvaged from the battlefield after his 1815 defeat at Waterloo, has been sold at ...

An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...

LONDON — “My, my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender,” sang Swedish pop group Abba in their 1974 hit song, Waterloo. But perhaps, the song’s composers got it wrong. The French are seeking to rewrite ...

Thursday marks the 200th anniversary since Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. But even two centuries on French opinion is still divided over the former Emperor the English called ...

Working on my TV shows and guidebooks in Europe, I try to get the straight story on history, but it can be tricky. I keep remembering Napoleon’s quote: “What is history but a myth agreed upon?” The ...

A man dressed as Napoleon Bonaparte, centre, next to men dressed as his soldiers taking part in a reenactament event in Chalon sur Saone in the region of Burgundy in eastern France. It is the evening ...

AS SOMEONE WHO loves studying history, I've always hear a lot of great things about Napoleon Bonaparte. He revolutionized the art of warfare with his groundbreaking military tactics, he even changed ...