In 19th-century France, even photographs of hospitals and bridges could become propaganda.
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The polarisation of today’s political discourse has echoes of the intolerance that characterised the Puritan era and the French Revolution.
His legacy connects a great swathe of modern popular culture.
From coronations to Revolution to reconciliation, Notre Dame has witnessed nearly 900 years of French history.
Set during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the epic novel is a case study in the grassroots strength of ordinary people.
Terror on July 14 is a clear rejection of the values of the French Republic.
The story of an amazing man you have probably never heard of.
A historian responds to Boris Johnson’s claim that the EU is pursuing a powerful super-state, like Hitler.
The British blockade of France wouldn’t have worked if it wasn’t for an ingenious experiment conducted half a century earlier.
The BBC’s chief contribution to the bicentenary has been to rename itself the Bonapartist Broadcasting Corporation.
When word reached the Scottish writer of Napoleon’s famous defeat, he promptly travelled to the continent to bear witness to the carnage first-hand
How did the bulk of those at home in Britain find out the news of Waterloo?
From Belgium to Moscow to Helmland: how one battle helped shape how we think of war.
Two centuries on, the history of the battle and our understanding of it should by no means be a predominantly male affair.
If you’d taken a trip to the theatre in 1815 Paris, chances are that the stage would be political.
On February 26, 200 years ago, Napoleon escaped from exile on the island of Elba. In some ways, this moment was more important than his eventual fall.
In 1810, after seven years of the Napoleonic Wars, the prime minister, Lord Liverpool, penned a memorandum stating that Britain’s military was: “as large a force … as the Population and Finances of the…
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