As British, Austrian, Russian, and Austrian forces once again came together to stop Napoleon in 1815, Napoleon gathered ...

History class gives us clean stories. Neat timelines. A winner, a loser, a moral lesson tucked in at the end. But real wars are messy, complicated, and full of truths that get buried under popular ...

GENEVA — A diamond brooch that Napoleon lost while the French emperor and his forces were retreating from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 sold for approximately $4.4 million (more than 3.5 million ...

A Sotheby's employee displays a green beryl, over 132 carats, which Napoleon was said to have worn at his 1804 coronation, during a preview at Sotheby's in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday Nov. 6, 2025.

GENEVA (AP) — A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at ...