Press reviews

The History Today blog (UK) recently reviewed Alan Forrest's biography of Napoleon, published by Quercus.   Click here for the article (external link).

The Reviews in History website (UK) features Jason Peacey's in-depth review of The History of Parliament Online, an internet-based research project on parliamentary politics in England and subsequently Britain.   Click here for the review (external link).

The Reviews in History website (UK) offers a review of A Social History of Knowledge. Volume II: From the Encyclopédie to Wikipedia, by Peter Burke. Click here for the review (external link).

The Reuters UK website features an article on the recent discovery of soldier remains – believed to be British – at the Waterloo battlefield. Click here for the full article (external link).

The NHS newsletter for May-June 2012 features a review of the recent screenings of Abel Gance's Napoléon, which were held in Oakland, CA. There are also details of the NHS's 2012 Napoleonic conference, which is set to take place in Gettysburg, PA. The NHS website can be found here (external link).

The Guardian website (UK) features a short review of a recent classical music release, “Beethoven: Der Glorreiche Augenblick/Choral Fantasia”. “Der Glorreiche Augenblick” was first performed in 1814 and celebrates the opening of the Congress of Vienna, which redrew the European map following Napoleon's first abdication. Click here for the review (external link).

To mark the bicentenary of the outbreak of war between the USA and the UK, The Smithsonian online (USA) has published an article entitled “The 10 Things You Didn't Know About the War of 1812”. Click here for the article (external link).

The BBC website (UK) reports that one of Napoleon's letters in English – written whilst on the island of St Helena – has sold for 325,000 €, more than five times its asking price.   For more on Napoleon's English lessons, take a look at Peter Hicks' article on the subject.   Click here for […]

The BBC website (UK) reports on a rare letter written in English by Napoleon I whilst on the island of St Helena. The letter, which features some curious turns of phrase and appears to have been written at 2am at a time when the exiled emperor was struggling to sleep, will go on sale at […]

The Reviews in History website (UK) features a review of Child of the Enlightenment: Revolutionary Europe Reflected in a Boyhood Diary. The review is written by Joanne Baily of New Hally (University of Cambridge).   Click here for the review (external link).