Press reviews

 “Dirty Bertie is… a comic history which manages to combine [Clarke's] brand of jaunty, bawdy humour (not mine, I confess) with being genuinely informative about French history.  Clarke claims that there is a gap in the biography of King Edward VII. Biographers have not said nearly enough about Bertie's jaunts to Paris. He is absolutely […]

 by Brian Eads, in Newsweek, 8 May 2014.  “But “Vive l'Empereur!” is not a cry that echoes throughout France much anymore. Not everyone is a fan, then or now. In the spring of 1814, as Napoleon traveled through southern France en route to exile, he was jeered by onlookers. His lust for power had left more […]

 By Roger Hudson, in History Today, vol. 64, issue 5 (May 2014). “One of the entrances to the Place Vendôme at the heart of fasionable Paris has a highly professional sandbag breastwork across it, complete with embrasures for two pieces of artillery. Behind it, the centrepiece of the Place, the Column of the Grande Armée, looks as […]

Multi-bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, of the Sharpe series, has just signed with HarperCollins imprint William Collins to write a factual account of the Battle of Waterloo (external link), scheduled to come out in 2015. Watch this space!

Interview of Peter Hicks, our International Relations Manager, in English (audio file, 18’32 min) for Czech Radio, by Daniela Vrbova. Listen to Peter Hicks’ latest updates on the Fondation Napoléon work, and Napoleonic studies today. Listen to the interview here (in English) – scroll down they page. This interview is part of a historical programme on […]

  In France Today, by Mary Winston Nicklin:   “Two hundred years ago, Emperor Napoleon won a decisive victory over the Prussians and Russians at the Battle of Montmirail-Marchais. To mark the bicentenary of the French Campaign, the town of Montmirail– smack dab in the heart of Champagne country– will be staging a reenactment on […]

 By Marcella Pellegrino Sutcliffe in History Today, April 2014, Volume 64, Issue 4. “Marcella Pellegrino Sutcliffe examines the political machinations behind a visit to England in 1864 of the Italian patriot and ‘liberator', darling of the English establishment and radicals alike.” Subscription required for the full article.

  By Hugh Small in History Today, April 2014, Volume 64, Issue 4.   “The legacy of the Crimean War still resonates in Ukraine, as Hugh Small explains.”   Full article available online.

  By Sally Osborn in History Today, April 2014, Volume 64, Issue 4.   “The notorious malady of the 18th century is on the increase in the UK.”   Full article available online.

 “Items from the time of emperor's death withdrawn from sale for fear they would have been taken abroad.”  By Kim Willsher for The Guardian, dated 23 March, 2014.