Press reviews

An article on livescience.com (USA) features a report on a recent study into a mass grave found in Kassel, Germany. The investigation found that the skeletons, initially suspected to be victims of Nazi executions, are more likely to be soldiers from Napoleon's Grande Armée who died following the retreat from Leipzig (otherwise known as the […]

This month's edition of History Today is packed with Peninsular War articles and review. As well as an article on the impact that the theft of Goya's Wellington portrait had on British criminal law (by James Whitfield), there are also book reviews of recent releases Tides Of War (by Stella Tillyard), To War With Wellington […]

For those who missed Mark Gerges on Napoleon Bonaparte and his influence and accomplishments – or for those who simply want to listen to it again – archive.org now has an audio recording of the full talk, which was given at the Central Library in Kansas City in April.   Click here for the audio […]

The French photographer Thomas Goisque recently completed a trip to the island of St Helena. His website (external link in French) carries his photo report of his time on the island, and features some magnificent shots of the isolated, rocky outcrop, the port of Jamestown, the island's inhabitants, and the interior of Longwood House, where […]

The Independent newspaper (UK) reports that Canova's sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte came top in a poll of one thousand Italians to decide the ideal depiction of female beauty.   Click here for the full story (external link).

The latest issue of History Today (UK) features an article from Allan Mallinson on the British Army and its heritage. There is also Bernard Porter's article on the building of Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which fell victim during the Victorian period to a battle between competing Gothic and Classical architecture styles.   – “Twilight […]

For those of you interested in maritime and medical history, the Reviews in History website (UK) features an interesting and in-depth review on Health and Medicine at Sea, 1700-1900, edited by David Boyd Haycock and Sally Archer.   Click here for the review (external link).

The latest issue of the Napoleonic Historical Society's newsletter is out now and can be obtained by signing up via the society's website. Amongst the different stories detailed in this edition can be found information on the society's upcoming annual conference, to be held at the Admiral Fell Inn in Baltimore, MD (USA), between 16 […]

The British Library, in partnership with Google, has announced a project to digitise 40,000,000 pages produced between 1700 and 1870, roughly 250,000 out-of-copyright books – in a variety of languages – from the library's collections. The books set for digital republication take in such important historical events as the French and Industrial Revolutions, the Battle […]

The British Library, in partnership with Google, has announced a project to digitise 40,000,000 pages produced between 1700 and 1870, roughly 250,000 out-of-copyright books – in a variety of languages – from the library's collections. The books set for digital republication take in such important historical events as the French and Industrial Revolutions, the Battle […]