Press reviews : 884
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Press review"Poignant trip to Dartmoor and Plymouth for ‘US Daughters of 1812’"
“Martin Freeman meets the Daughters of 1812, a group of American Women visiting the area to honour the prisoners of war incarcerated in Dartmoor Prison during Anglo-US hostilities.” “Two hundred years ago the first of 6,553 captive United States sailors marched from Plymouth to Dartmoor Prison and into a new chapter in the […]
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Press review"Block on rare Napoleon death mask leaving UK"
“An export ban has been placed on a rare Napoleon Bonaparte “death mask” in the hope that a British buyer can be found for the “macabre” object.” Article by Ian Johnston in The Independent, Wednesday 13 November, 2013. For more details on the various death masks of Napoleon, read Chantal Prévot's article in Napoleonica. […]
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Press review"Waterloo: My my, Napoleon did surrender rather like this"
“The impressive recreation of France's Hundred Days has bona fide battle scenes, but Rod Steiger reduces the fearless Bonaparte to a charisma-free crusader.” Article about Bondarchuk's movie on Napoleon by Alex von Tunzelmann in The Guardian, Thursday 20 September, 2009.
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Press reviewCanadian Prime Minister Remembers War of 1812
“Harper issues a Remembrance Day statement” by Kate Adams, in BayToday.ca.
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Press reviewA glimpse of the Duke of Wellington’s House, Apsley House, in London
‘Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.' By Harry Eyres in the Financial Times.
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Press review"The European Legacy of the Napoleonic experience: state building and nation formation"
Available on academia.edu, by subscription only.
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Press reviewNapoleonica La Revue n°17
Contents: EDITORIALPatrice Gueniffey: “Guerre, biographie, bibliographie…“, pages 2 and 3 ARTICLES FIRST EMPIREMilitary History: Patrick Le Carvèse: “Les décès des généraux de la Grande Armée imputables à la Campagne de Russie“, pages 4 to 54 Military History: François Houdecek: “Blessures psychiques des combattants de l'Empire. Sources d'étude et premières approches“, pages 55 to 65 Administration, Political History: Philip Cuccia: “Controlling the Archives: […]
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Press review"Video: Napoleonic art unearthed in York"
With video: Napoleonic wallpaper discovered in England. In the Yorkshire Post
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Press review"Wayne State professor dedicates career to study of important but largely forgotten War of 1812"
An article about Donald R. Hickey's life and his work on the War of 1812. By Nick Hytrek in the Sioux City Journal, published in The Republic, Columbus, Indiana.
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Press review"‘The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832′ by Alan Taylor"
A review of Alan Taylor's book The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 by James Oakes in the Washington Post.