You know a home is up to par when it has been lived in by a French emperor. Indeed, this newly listed London condo once housed Napoleon III and offers elegance in spades. Spanning just shy of 2,000 ...

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, ruler of France from 1848 to 1870, was “the most enthusiastic supporter of photography in all of Europe”. He stocked his libraries with countless photographs of bridges, ...

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 ...

Located in a Grade II-listed building in the St. James district near Buckingham Palace, the spacious two-bedroom flat retains period details such as high ceilings and tall windows, and has also been ...

London’s Mayfair places a number of posh and historic residences on the map with ties to names like the Duke of Wellington and Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei’s royal family. A Georgian townhouse that ...

"Ninety-nine percent" of the collection – which included some 1,300 letters and manuscripts, and more than 500 paintings – sold during the two-day auction, French auction house Osenat, which oversaw ...

American publisher Christopher Forbes has brought his Napoleon III collection of 2,000 art objects back to Paris for auction. It has allowed the Emperor into the Opera Garnier for the first time. A ...

In the late 1860s, the Second French Empire seemed on the verge of collapse. An economic downturn, combined with disastrous foreign adventures (particularly involving an attempt to enforce a regime ...

Built in 1753, the Grade II listed mansion on Charles Street became the home of British Foreign Secretary James Harris (1807-1889), or the third Earl of Malmesbury, almost 100 years later. It came ...