Napoleon Letter

A secret code letter sent by French emperor Napoleon boasting that his multinational forces would blow up Moscow's Kremlin has sold at auction on Sunday for €187,500 ($243,500) - 10 times its estimated pre-sale price.

The single line of Napoleon's secret code told Paris of his desperate, last order against the Russians: "At three o'clock in the morning, on the 22nd I am going to blow up the Kremlin."

An illuminating letter written by Napoleon in English, sold at an auction on Sunday for 325,000 euro ($ 405,000), offers a window into the mind of the French emperor, struggling with syntax of the language of enemy Britain.

A rare letter in English written by Napoleon Bonaparte -- and replete with errors - fetched 325,000 euros (USD 406,445) at an auction on Sunday in Paris.

A secret code letter sent by French emperor Napoleon boasting that his multinational forces would blow up Moscow's Kremlin has sold at auction on Sunday for €187,500 ($243,500) - 10 times its estimated pre-sale price.

The single line of Napoleon's secret code told Paris of his desperate, last order against the Russians: "At three o'clock in the morning, on the 22nd I am going to blow up the Kremlin."

An illuminating letter written by Napoleon in English, sold at an auction on Sunday for 325,000 euro ($ 405,000), offers a window into the mind of the French emperor, struggling with syntax of the language of enemy Britain.

A rare letter in English written by Napoleon Bonaparte -- and replete with errors - fetched 325,000 euros (USD 406,445) at an auction on Sunday in Paris.