The dress sword carried by Napoleon Bonaparte when he staged a coup in 1799 and five of his firearms sold at auction for nearly $2.9 million in the United States.

Napoleon Bonaparte's sword, 5 pistols sold at the US auction for $2.9 mn

Napoleon Bonaparte finds a mention in every history book. There was a time he ruled much of Continental Europe, but he died far away from home, isolated, and in exile. Was he a hero or was he Europe's most divisive ruler?

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Napoleon Bonaparte's sword, 5 pistols sold at the US auction for $2.9 mn

Gravitas: Who was Napoleon Bonaparte

October 15 in history: From Napolean's exile to Gorbachev's Nobel Prize and more