The Ideas of 1914
The comparatively static nature of the front line in the west for much of the war meant that, after the...
15/09/2016
France
Napoleon Bonaparte’s relatives after he lost power in France
What happened to Napoleon Bonaparte‘s relatives after he lost power in France? They could not stay in France but, perhaps...
25/08/2016
New France (1534 – 1763)
France was England’s principal rival in the race to found colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries....
22/12/2015
Napoleon: Saint, Sinner or Both?
Seventy years ago, interned by the Germans in Buchenwald concentration camp, the Dutch professor Peter Geyl tried out on the...
13/01/2014
History of the game: “Tennis balls, my liege”
The insulting ‘treasure’ that France’s Dauphin sent to Henry V in Shakespeare’s play had long since played its part in...
07/01/2014
Nostradamus: The Renaissance man
History remembers Nostradamus mostly for his uncanny gift of prophecy. This famous talent never dominated his attention. Along with being...
11/09/2013
The coming of the French Revolution
Although it was the American revolution that set the French Revolution vibrating, no two countries could have been less alike...
06/09/2013
Sweet and incomparable Josephine
The love of Bonaparte’s life was an enchanting Creole – the term then used for all white West indians –...
02/08/2013
The Political Transformation of Medieval France
The first three decades of the 15th century were a time of civil war, military defeat, and political humiliation in...
02/06/2013
Napoleon in caricature
The turn of the 19th century was a golden age of caricature across much of the northern Europe – from...
16/03/2013