Press reviews

Graham Fuller for the Art Info website reports on the upcoming screenings of Abel Gance's silent epic, Napoleon, at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Released in 1927, the film includes many innovative techniques for period, including fast cutting, split screen, film tinting and hand-held shots. The version set to be screened has been extended […]

The Press Association reports on the nomination of Tides of War, Stella Tillyard's novel set during the Napoleonic wars, to the Orange Prize longlist. The shortlist will be announced on 17 April, with the winner named at a ceremony on 30 May. The winning author will receive a cheque for £30,000.   Click here for […]

The latest Student Page spotlight from the History Today website – which offers a selection of freely-accessible articles from the magazine's collection – focuses on the French Revolution and includes pages on the life and career of Robespierre, the relationship between the French Revolution and the Catholic Church, and the ideas and ideologies of the movement. […]

The March 2012 issue of History Today (UK) features a number of articles of interest to nineteenth century-history enthusiasts and historians. As well as a short article on the Union of 1801 (a topical subject following the announcement of a date for the Scottish independence referendum), there are also articles on the cleaning of the […]

The Mail Online website (UK) reports on the recent theft of £37,800 worth of artefacts which once belonged to Lord Nelson. The objects were stolen from Norwich Castle museum and include a mourning ring valued at £25,000 and a saucer valued at £10,000.   Click here for the full article (external link).

The proceedings from the one-day colloquium held at Balliol College, Oxford (UK) on 14 March 2009 have been published online. The papers presented that day – on the subject “Odd Alliances in History” – include Fernando Dore Costa's “An Odd Alliance: William Beresford and Don João, Prince and King of Portugal”, which can be read […]

The Reviews in History (UK) website features William Jackson's review of two recent publications on the history of the British Empire: Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British, by Jeremy Paxman, and Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt, by Richard Gott.   Click here for the review and here for Richard Gott's response […]

The French-language website La Russie d'Aujourd'hui (RU) has a short interview with Alexander Vikhrov, whose collection forms the centre point for the recent exhibition “The Two Emperors”, on at Moscow's Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art until 15 March. The article also features images of the a selection of objects taken from the exhibition. […]

The Yale University Press blog (USA) features a sneak preview of Peter J. Hatch's upcoming book, “A Rich Spot of Earth”: Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello, which features two-hundred colour illustrations and accompanying text on the Founding Father's garden and horticultural experiments on his Monticello estate in Virginia.   Click here for the preview (external […]

The Reviews in History website (UK) features a book review of Brian Arthur's How Britain won the War of 1812: The Royal Navy's Blockades of the United States, 1812-1815. The review is by William Dudley.   Click here for the review and here for the author's response (external links).