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On May 5, 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte passed away at the age of 51, after five years of exile on the island of St. Helena. More than 200 years later, Philippe Charlier reopens one of history's most famous 'cold cases,' a unique investigation into the Emperor's final moments, to try and uncover the mysteries surrounding the circumstances of his death. Was Napoleon poisoned with arsenic by his English jailers? Under what conditions did the autopsy take place—

Marshal Ney, the American Mystery The forensic pathologist and anthropologist Philippe Charlier tackles a legend surrounding one of the most famous and flamboyant figures of the First Empire: Marshal Ney, nicknamed 'the bravest of the brave' by Napoleon. Officially, his body rests in a mausoleum in Père Lachaise after he was executed by firing squad in 1815, at the age of 46. The only small, yet major, problem is that there is another tomb in his name in a cemetery in North Carolina—

The Strange History of the Kings' Hearts Philippe Charlier, forensic pathologist and anthropologist, investigates two of the most important kings in the history of France: Louis XIII and Louis XIV, father and son, the first known as 'The Just' and the second, 'the Sun King.' After consulting exceptional archives and specialists, the doctor establishes the health records of the two monarchs and turns his attention to the mysteries of the two sovereigns' remains. To determine the causes of their death