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Queries over oldest tortoise claim

Nicholas — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:54:42 +0000

A giant tortoise that has been dubbed the world’s oldest living creature may actually be an imposter, living under an assumed identity, it has emerged.It had been reported that Jonathan, a present-day resident of St Helena, was living on the...

Napoleon the inspiration for Hitler, says historian

Thomas — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:17:09 +0000

Napoleon massacred more than 100,000 Caribbean slaves and should be remembered as a genocidal dictator and inspiration for Hitler rather than a military genius and founder of modern France, a French historian said...

French finally face Napoleons defeat at Waterloo

Toby — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:26:25 +0000

It was a defining moment in British history – a triumph that brought the crowning of a national hero and the end of a bitter foe. And France is determined to ensure that it never happens again. Almost two centuries after the Battle of...

Josephine Bonaparte's Watch Fetches $1.3 Million

Ritu — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:41:34 +0000

An anonymous buyer walked away with the famous and historic, 18K gold, enamel and diamond-set hunter case ‘petite souscription a tact’ watch that belonged to Empress Josephine, wife of French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte. The buyer paid an...

Today in GizmoWatch: April 6, 2006

Vikas Shekhawat — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:33:33 +0000

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Napoleon's bewitching pistol up for auction

Vikas Shekhawat — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:47:55 +0000

The smoke has gone down, the barrel is chilled but the glitter of the gold is still intact. If you really think that it’s the gold etched for life on this 120-bore, three-barrelled flintlock pocket pistol, that’ll make it fetch...