Press reviews : 884
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Press review"The Napoleonic Code Breguet was the horological colossus of the Regency era"
“As watchmaker to both the Duke of Wellington and his foe Bonaparte, Breguet was the horological colossus of the Regency era.” By Nick Foulkes in The Telegraph – Luxury
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Press review"Rostrevor: Northern Ireland city remembers Irish-born general who burned down the White House"
by Randy Gener in The Journalist.
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Press review"Bismarck and Gladstone Beyond Caricature"
“Though they are often seen as polar opposites, the architect of modern Germany and the great British Liberal statesman shared more in common then one might think.” by Roland Quinault in History Today, Volume 63, Issue 11/2013 Subscription required.
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Press review"Napoleon: Saint, Sinner or Both?"
“Robert Gildea examines the enduring and divisive debate surrounding the reputation of the French emperor who anticipated the best and the worst of the 20th century.” By Robert Gildea in History Today, Volume 63, Issue 11/2013 Full text available online, no subscription required.
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Press review"Milestone passes unnoticed"
An article about US Counties named for Veterans of the War of 1812. By Jeremy Brigham in The Gazette, Iowa (USA)
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Press review"Is there a common European sense of history?"
“Common European history books for schools are unrealistic, yet books based on the same set of values would be a project worth pursuing. Historians are meeting in Berlin to discuss the challenges of such a project.” in DW.DE
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Press review"How Britain helped win the nineteenth century’s ‘the most important’ battle"
“New research shows how a tiny unit of British rocketeers helped win what has been described as the most important battle of the nineteenth century, the Battle of Leipzig.” in The Telegraph, by Jasper Copping.
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Press review"Brum’s hero from when Britannia ruled the waves"
“City marks Trafalgar Day as details of region's close links with Nelson's famous victory revealed.” in the Birmingham Mail
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Press review"Distant war of 1812 helped create B.C."
“B.C. fur traders headed south and bought Fort Astoria from American fur traders, thus giving Britain a claim to modern-day Washington state.” By Stephen Hume, in The Vancouver Sun
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Press review"New History Group will meet to prepare for their Waterloo"
in the Leicester Mercury.