Paris (AFP) – A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France's complicated past ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer ...

The missive has been estimated at €12,000-15,000 ($14,000-17,000) by auction house Osenat and will go on sale in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, where Pope Pius VII was imprisoned after being ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France's complicated past relationship with ...