Press reviews : 884
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Press reviewBook review: What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the Present, by Joanna Bourke
The Reviews in History website (UK) features a review of What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the Present, by Joanna Bourke. The review is written by Rob Boddice of Freie Universität. Click here for the review (external link).
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Press reviewEGO: "Levée en Masse", by Ambrogio A. Caiani
The EGO (European History Online) website (DE) features an article by Ambrogio A. Caiani entitled “Levée en Masse”, which analyses the levée en masse of 1793 and its effect on European history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Click here for the article (external link).
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Press reviewUpdate on the renovation of Longwood: first items set to arrive in St Helena
Michel Dancoisne-Martineau's St Helena blog has a new post, in which the French honorary consul and curator of the French domains on St Helena describes the initial steps taken in the restoration project funded by our Operation: St Helena. The first objects to receive attention are the wallpaper from the salon and the room's cornices: […]
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Press reviewNPS: Prince Bismarck and Count Moltke Before the Recording Horn: The Edison Phonograph in Europe, 1889-1890
Although not quite our era, the National Park Service's website (USA) features an article on the Edison Phonograph in Europe, 1889-1890, during which time recordings of the voices of Prince Bismarck and Count Moltke were made. Those interested in the history of audio technology will find the article extremely interesting. There are also audio files […]
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Press reviewEGO article: "The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars"
The EGO (European History Online) website (Germany) features an article from Frederick C. Schneid entitled “The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars”, which traces the evolution of a new diplomatic system that combined individual interest with balance-of-power concerns. Click here for the article (external link).
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Press reviewBook review: Bourgeois Consumption: Food, Space and Identity in London and Paris, 1850-1914
The Reviews in History website (UK) has posted a review of Rachel Rich's recent publication, Bourgeois Consumption: Food, Space and Identity in London and Paris, 1850-1914, which takes a look at consumerism and food culture in nineteenth-century Paris and London. The review is written by Jennifer Davis of the University of Oklahoma. Click here […]
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Press reviewRussian re-enactors set out on horseback journey to Paris
The French-language website Voix de la Russie (RU) reports on the latest Franco-Russian event in this bicentenary year. A group of Cossack re-enactors have set out on a journey that will take them from Moscow to Paris. The route, nearly four thousand kilometres in total, will take the participants about three months and will be […]
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Press reviewBook review: Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain
The Reviews in History website (UK) features a book of review of the recent publication Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain, by Samuel Alberti. The review comes from Jennifer Wallis. Click here for the review (external link).
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Press reviewThe Daily Telegraph reports on plans for "Napoleonland" theme park
The Daily Telegraph website has reported on Yves Jégo's idea to build “Napoleonland”, a theme park dedicated to the history of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first French Empire. Click here for the article (external link).
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Press reviewBBC History Magazine names Napoleon Bonaparte amongst "most overrated people in history"
The January 2012 edition of the BBC History magazine (UK) features a controversial article on the most “overrated people in history”. The article includes contributions from well-known historians and writers such as Amanda Foreman (author of A World On Fire), Tracy Borman, Tom Holland, and Saul David. David's selection for the article is Napoleon Bonaparte. […]