Press reviews

On 27 September, 1810, having beaten Busaco, Massena was on his way to Lisbon. Already on the defensive, Wellington was strengthening his position and protecting his forces behind a  formidable network of fortifications he had built: the famous lines of Torres Vedras. The French, commanded by Massena, were ignorant of their existence. The confrontation of […]

Two hundred years ago Britain and the United States went to war. The conflict was a relatively minor affair, but its consequences were great, says Jeremy Black. Published in History Today, Volume: 62 Issue: 10,2012

The enmity between England and France is an ancient one. But the museum dedicated to a famous English victory offers hope for future relations between the two countries, writes Stephen Cooper. Published in History Today, Volume: 62 Issue: 10,2012

The Institute for Historical Research Digital Seminars and Research Training blog (UK) features a summary of Richard Ovenden's talk on digitisation and its implications for archives and special collections, as well as the talk itself in podcast form.   Click here for the article and podcast (external link).

The BBC News website (UK) reports on the debate currently taking place in France regarding the location of the site of the Battle of Alesia, an historic event in French history. One of the key figures in this debate is Napoleon III, whose interest in antiquity led to his declaring Alise-Sainte-Reine as the official site […]

The Reviews in History website (UK) features a review of the Cultures of Knowledge digital resource.   Click here for the review (external link).

The Sword Forum International (USA), an information site and online community for the history and culture of swords and swordmanship, features an in-depth article entitled “Cavalry Combat and the Sword: Sword Design, Provision and Use in the British Cavalry of the Napoleonic Era”, by Martin Read.   The article, originally published as part of The […]

The Reviews in History website (UK) features a review of Christine Philliou's book, Biography of an Empire. Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution.   Click here for the review, written by Alex Drace-Francis (external link).

As a follow-up to the recent History Today article on Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and nursing during the nineteenth-century – which caused a fair bit of debate online and in history circles – Natasha McEnroe has published a blog post on the History Today website (UK) discussing the issues raised by the article and the […]

The website Book Reporter (USA) features a review of the recent historical novel The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court, written by Michelle Moran.   Click here for the review (external link).