Rare letter in English by Napoleon sells for 325,000 euros
Jun 11, 2012
PARIS (AFP) ― A rare letter in English written by Napoleon Bonaparte ― and replete with errors ― fetched 325,000 euros ($406,445) at an auction Sunday in Paris. The one-page letter, dated March 9, 1816, penned by Napoleon during his post-Waterloo exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, was one of just three known in the world, said auction house Osenat. Addressed to the Count of Las...