One showed Napoleon being crowned emperor; the other showed Lafayette on his rural estate in France, “hanging out with his dog and his daughters in the countryside,” Kramer noted. Opinion Anne ...

Napoleon saw that these laws changed France forever. His personal copy of them in print has just been sold. Find out more ...

On December 2, 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. During the coronation, he received the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself ...

In honor of the romantic holiday, we've decided to crown the French military and political ... To read more on their relationship, check out "The Letters of Napoleon to Josephine." ...