On December 2, 1804, the great and good of Paris gathered in Notre-Dame Cathedral to witness the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte and the birth of the French Empire. It’s a moment immortalized (and ...
From the Mona Lisa to the jewels of Napoleon, the Louvre has experienced over a century of high-profile heists.
It has been dubbed the “heist of the century” – the theft in broad daylight of Napoleonic-era artefacts from the renowned ...
“Napoleon” costume designers divvied up their tasks, with Janty Yates concentrating on French civilian wear and David Crossman on evolving military outfits. The Ridley Scott epic follows Napoleon ...