there was no country in the world when napoleon bonaparte is not famous, people like or don't like him - anyway, they know him. we are selling the emotion. >> interest in the napoleon stretches beyond france's borders. there are collectors in russia, australia, the u.s. and china. >> items connected to napoleon bonaparte have a record of selling at a high price, a ring he gave to his future wife josephine sold for $1 million. >> the mystery vouching his death could be sold. tests on samples of the hair may give clues about whether he was poisoned or died of natural causes. >> and, of course, you can keep up to date with all the stories we are following at al jazeera, by heading to aljazeera.com. >> it's the inside story. hello, i'm ray swarez. with each passing year, the toll from alzheimerss rising. more americans die from

. >> he may have been fall in stature, but napoleon bonaparte's legacy continues to if assinate. some of his personal items are expected to fetch thousands of dollars at an access. >> he is a symbol of power and the old french empire. napoleon bonaparte, the 19th century ruler who concerned europe in battles that changed the political landscape. a shirt stained with his blood is about to go under the hammer near paris. they belonged to him during the final part of his life when he was exiled, where he died. they were discovered in the home of a distant relative in corrsica. >> we arrive and this lady came with two main boxes. itch said what's the box. we opened the box. inside, you know, we found a lot of things coming. this has never been open for 200 years. >> all of this was in the box. >> a box of treasures. >> a box of treasure, yes. >> there's no country in the world. people like him, don't like him. they know him. what we are selling. it brings emotion. interest in napoleon bonaparte stretch far beyond the borders, there's collectors in australia, u.s. and china. items sel

the man they thought their savior was napoleon bonaparte. 1815, in the aftermath of napoleon's defeat at waterloo, czar alexander of russia visited paris and saw the vendome column, crowned by its imperial statue of napoleon. "were i to be so highly elevated," he quipped, my head would surely spin with vertigo." even a czar could not imagine such dizzying heights of glory, "but," as he added, the higher you climb, the harder you fall." and what heights napoleon fell from. in those brief few years, he led french armies to italy, egypt, spain, austria, prussia, and even moscow itself, and during that meteoric time, this room, his library at the chateau of malmaison, was his still point-- a place to which he could return. it was here, for example, that he worked on his famous law code, le code napoleon, at this desk painted by david. here he returned after his abdication in 1814 in such despair that he'd attempted to commit suicide. he came back, once more, to meditate during the fateful 100 days before waterloo, and after that last catastrophi

>> the mystery surrounding napoleon bonaparte's death could be sold. tests on samples of the hair may give more clues. >> and if you want to keep up to date... . >> i did not want to be a writer with parkinson's, i just wanted to be a writer. >> for 18 years novelist martin cruz smith did had a secret. a disease was attacking his brain, affecting his writing. >> i have wires in my head. >> with his wife emily and technology known as deep-brain stimulation, the author of "gorqy park" relies n electrodes. i talked to them both. >> bill, you were diagnosed with parkinson's since 1995 and kept it private. why is that? >> just a sense that there was a weakness in the public persense of who i was. i didn't - american men don't like being weak. we regard anything that suggested that we are not on top of our game will be - will work against us. the idea that to some degree to have a hidden and public figure exacerbated that. >> what was life like in 1995 otherwise for you? >> i was a superb athlete. [ laughs ] >> bow hunting. >> no, i had what we would say abo

napoleon bonaparte, the 19th century ruler who battered europe. now a shirt stained with his sweat and blood, plus a lock of his hair among items about to go under the hammer near paris. they belonged to him during the final part of his life when he was ex-side on st. helena when he died. they were discovered in the home of a distant relative in corrsica. >> so we arrive in a small village and this already - the whole lady came - was to bring a box. i said, "what's that box?" we opened the box. inside, you know, we found them. a lot of times coming from others, has not been open for hundreds of years. it's a shirt in which he died. >> all of this was in the box. >> all of this was in the box. >> the box of treasures. >> there's no country in the world. people like him, don't like him, but they know him. what we are selling is lots - it's the last - it is bringing emotion, you know. >> interest in napoleon bonaparte stretches beyond france's borders. there's collectors in russia, australia, the u.s. and china. >> items connected to napoleon bonapar

. >>> france will hold an historic auction when napoleon bonaparte items go on auction. even a lock of hair. >> he is the symbol of power and the old french empire. napoleon non bonaparte, now a st stained with his we had and blood as welhis we had and swead as well as a lock of his hair. they were discovered in the home of a hors his horseman. >> they came with this box. we said what is that box? inside, you know, we found a lot of items coming. this has never been opened for a mere 200 years. it is ashirt in which he died. >> everything was in the box. >> the box of treasures. >> yes, the box of treasures, yes. there is no country in the world where napoleon is not famous. people like him, don't like him, any how, they know him. what we're selling is not glory. it's bringing a lot of emotion. >> interest in napoleon stretches far beyond france' borders. there are collect necessary russia, australia, the u.s. and china, items connected to napoleon have a record of selling at a high price. a ring he gave to his wife josephine sold here last year for around $1 million. and

napoleon bonaparte one said that china is the sleeping lion. no one china wakes up the world will shake in fact the line of china to welcome what the world sees now is a peaceful meal called civilized zion the uh the uh the uh. oh lord also spoke with the haunting strategic cooperation and a new hero in the short odds. the two presidents also attended a concert to mark the event earlier on thursday present ceiling meets at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he also met french prime minister joan walk i wrote french national assembly speaker called buffalo and senate president tom pm now. bronze is the second stop on season things european tour. he will next head to germany and belgium. in a cctv. also on thursday president shooting pain visited the headquarters of unesco the united nations educational scientific and cultural ties nations in paris he became the first chinese president to pay such a visit and deliver them to start speech at the headquarters which a child takes up that story lazy desk i'll play toast to the first ever chinese presid

napoleon's cruelty. bessie's love life -- works best with whether this would shape a rather they would have to make a decision based on what happened to bed bonaparte when the rumor spread that napoleon had given it the attention and was even considering giving her and her son titles of nobility, they're anxious political leaders in america who read this is a temp to us that mushy french beachhead in american society. the fear of a french duke and duchess within the united states borders actually lead to a proposed amendment to the constitution that would cancel citizenship to any private citizen who accepted a foreign title or pension. the amendment on popularly as the betsy bonaparte amendment only narrowly failed ratification. much later in the 1850s that the undersigned jerome create cause cÉlÈbre for a on two continents for the pseudo-french court for record nation of jerome's legitimacy in his right to a price in succession to the throne of napoleon the third. he lost the case for the french court said you're absolutely right. he's legitimate child of jerome bonaparte, but it's going to cost too much trouble so we are not going to say he is a

fairytale he was a dashing french naval officer who was the youngest brother of the greatest napoleon bonaparte and she was the acknowledged most beautiful belt a 17-year-old desperate to escape what she considered the media ogre constructing society of her native baltimore as well as her overbearing father. the two people met and fell in love as perhaps teenagers then and now can do. the stories told of the first encounter are the stuff of romance. some recorded a soccer at the horse races shading her face and she knew in an instant other is recorded that he met at a fancy ball and the pearls became inclined and they declared their destinies and others insist she saw him coming up the walk of her friends home and exclaimed at once. neither betsy's father nor the french consul in america were willing to give their blessings to this relationship. they had misgivings about the intentions or character. it proved to be accurate but jerome this isn't a technical term but was a weasel. they would never approve the marriage to a commoner but that c. and jerome were deaf to all competition and gerald b

. >> the belongings of napoleon bonaparte are hitting the market. buyers can see a shirt the leader wore in his final days. i am jonathan jetsz. "fault lines" is next here on al jazeera america. >> "america tonight" investigates. beaten up by sheriff's deputies. >> and i have about four or five officers come around me and then i heard this. >> denied medical care. >> she would sit and cry and say please please take me to the hospital. i need them to stitch it up. it needs to be closed. >>> a botched execution. >> when you strap somebody to a board, deprive them of oxygen for 25 minutes as they slowly die in front of their family.

another famous image of the bonaparte cult shows napoleon walking fearlessly into the plague house at jaffa in the holy land, unafraid of contagion because of his almost divine power to heal. his first officer, a mere mortal, holds a cloth to his face to shield himself from the plague, revolted by the stench. less ethereal, more practical, arab and french medical officers are desperately trying to provide medical aid to the plague victims. bonaparte's great deeds during his life as a soldier would continue to be recorded and represented throughout his reign. it has been said that modern propaganda was napoleon's invention. now first painter of the empire, david was given his most important commission-- a monumental work called le sacre-- the coronation. his early sketches show napoleon audaciously crowning himself. the final canvas portrays napoleon crowning josephine. david painted himself sketching the scene. everyone had to be recognizably portrayed, including the members of the church and the pope, sitting quietly and unhappily as he watches josephine kneel before the emperor, who

bonaparte. when the rumor spread that napoleon had given betsy a pension and was considering given her and her son titles of nobility, people read this as trying to establish a beach head. this fear of a french duke and duchess within the united states boarders led to an amendment that would cancel citizenship to anyone that would accept this. much later in the 1850s, betsy and her son sued in french court for recognition of jerome being legit and his right to recession in the thrown. the french court said you are right, he is the legit child but it is causing too much trouble so we are not going to say he is and he is entitled to secession of the thrown. the trial was the headline on "harper's weekly" "discover magazine." talking about civil war at home even. every significant event from the marriage, divorce, napoleon's do down fall, her trial, the death of napoleon, and finally to her death. i found newspapers from tulsa, oklahoma who retold the story of her courtship, marriage and betray betrayal. a reader can trace the trojectory trojectory by following how these newspapers responded to the e