https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed He's one of the world's most famous Frenchmen, but France is divided over whether the 200th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte should be marked in any way. Here's why. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210503/hero-or-villain-why-france-is-divided-over-napoleon Mon, 03 May 2021 17:50:05 +0200 hero-or-villain-why-france-is-divided-over-napoleon French President Emmanuel Macron will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte on Wednesday despite calls to boycott the late emperor over his record on slavery.  https://www.thelocal.fr/20210504/macron-to-defy-cancel-culture-and-lay-wreath-for-napoleon-commemoration Tue, 04 May 2021 11:22:00 +0200 macron-to-defy-cancel-culture-and-lay-wreath-for-napoleon-commemoration A pair of boots worn by Napoleon during his final exile on St. Helena sold in Paris on Friday for €117,000 ($128,000) - more than twice the initial estimate. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191130/napoleons-boots-sold-at-paris-auction-for-117k Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:02:33 +0100 napoleons-boots-sold-at-paris-auction-for-117k Tucked away on a side street near the Corsican home where Napoleon Bonaparte was born, a mini museum invites young minds to relive the French emperor's story -- through scenes painstakingly built from hundreds of Playmobil figurines. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180803/in-pictures-corsicas-playmobil-homage-to-napoleon Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:51:34 +0200 in-pictures-corsicas-playmobil-homage-to-napoleon Visitors to the Army Museum in Paris are being treated to the rare sight of two taxidermists at work restoring a stuffed horse - the last one ridden by Napoleon Bonaparte. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160703/napoleons-last-horse-to-strut-his-stuff-after-makeover Sun, 03 Jul 2016 14:09:01 +0200 napoleons-last-horse-to-strut-his-stuff-after-makeover US billionaire and francophile Christopher Forbes' collection of artifacts from the life of Napoleon III and Napoleon Bonaparte's wedding certificate went under the hammer over the weekend, drawing numerous buyers and museums, French auction house Osenat said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160307/france-buys-up-forbes-mammoth-napopleon-collection Mon, 07 Mar 2016 08:28:26 +0100 france-buys-up-forbes-mammoth-napopleon-collection The certificate from Napoleon Bonaparte's secret religious wedding to Josephine in 1804, eight years after their civil marriage, will go under the hammer in March, the French auction house Osenat said Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160126/napoleons-catholic-marriage-certificate-to-go-under-hammer Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:48:21 +0100 napoleons-catholic-marriage-certificate-to-go-under-hammer Fifty bottles of wine, four ducks, and a roasting pig: the feast of food and drink provided to French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on Saint Helena was revealed Wednesday in a document auctioned in Britain. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150924/wine-veal-roasting-pig-napoleons-feasts-in-exile Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:49:00 +0200 wine-veal-roasting-pig-napoleons-feasts-in-exile The skeletons of 200 Napoleonic soldiers have been found during construction work in the German city of Frankfurt, officials said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150918/bodies-of-200-napoleon-troops-found-in-germany-history-frankfurt Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:39:09 +0200 bodies-of-200-napoleon-troops-found-in-germany-history-frankfurt 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 "Boney". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150618/dictator-or-visionary-napoleon-waterloo Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:08:09 +0200 dictator-or-visionary-napoleon-waterloo As Europe marks 200 years since Napoleon's French army was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, we've pulled out a few of the more quirkier facts about him including, perhaps the real reason why he was known as the “little corporal”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150618/ten-fascinating-facts-about-napoleon Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:56:36 +0200 ten-fascinating-facts-about-napoleon Two hundred years after the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon is still under attack in Britain, where the image persists of a military genius consumed by a fanaticism comparable with Hitler or Stalin. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150616/200-years-after-waterloo-britain-still-battling-napoleon Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:23:25 +0200 200-years-after-waterloo-britain-still-battling-napoleon Thousands of spectators looked on on Sunday as Napoleon Bonaparte made a dramatic return to France, landing on a beach on the Côte d'Azur, from where he is expected to make his way to Paris and then on to Waterloo. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150302/napoleon-returns-to-france-200-years-on Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:09:00 +0100 napoleon-returns-to-france-200-years-on The battlefields of Waterloo in Belgium will resonate to a huge sound-and-light show on June 18th to mark the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at the hands of British and Prussian forces, organizers have announced. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150225/waterloo-bicentenary-sound-light-show Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:25:00 +0100 waterloo-bicentenary-sound-light-show A colourful new exhibition about French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is opening in London on Thursday, showing how artists and cartoonists shaped the way the British perceived "The Little Corporal". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150205/napoleon-bonaparte-exhibition-london-france Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:33:00 +0100 napoleon-bonaparte-exhibition-london-france Napoleon's admirers will be able to carry his DNA on their wrists after a Swiss company announced Tuesday its plans to sell watches containing a fragment of the emperor's hair. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141127/napoleons-locks-to-be-put-in-swiss-watches Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:24:30 +0100 napoleons-locks-to-be-put-in-swiss-watches A South Korean chicken tycoon has spoken out about why he paid $2.2 million for Napoleon's hat, saying he can relate to many aspects of Napoleon's life. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141118/korean-chicken-mogul-buys-napoleons-hat Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:35:00 +0100 korean-chicken-mogul-buys-napoleons-hat One of Napoleon's famous two-pointed hats was sold on Sunday to a South Korean collector for €1.9 million ($2.2 million) at an auction outside Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141116/napoleons-two-pointed-hat-sold-for-19-mln Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:39:02 +0100 napoleons-two-pointed-hat-sold-for-19-mln Napoleon and Josephine’s marriage licence fetched a whopping €437,500 at auction on Sunday, one more remarkable happening in one of the world’s greatest love stories. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140922/napoleon-marriage-document-fetches-437500 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:29:00 +0200 napoleon-marriage-document-fetches-437500 "Napoleon" returned to the Italian island of Elba on Sunday as part of a historical re-enactment to mark the 200th anniversary of the defeated French emperor's exile. He was joined by hundreds of enthusiasts from across Europe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140505/napoleon-returns-to-exiled-island-200-years-on Mon, 05 May 2014 10:47:00 +0200 napoleon-returns-to-exiled-island-200-years-on