Press reviews

The Institute of History (UK) features a review of Arab France: Islam and the Making of Modern Europe, 1798-1831, by Ian Coller.   Click here for the review and here for the author's response (external links).

The Institute of History (UK) features a review of Understanding the British Empire, by Ronald Hyam.   Click here for the review (external link).

The Institute for Historical Research (UK) features a review of Alan Taylor's The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies.   Click here for the full review (external link).

The latest issue of History Today features two articles of particular interest for historians and enthusiasts of the Napoleonic period. The first is Richard Cavendish's look at Nelson's victory at Copenhagen – entitled “I really do not see the signal” – in the Month's Past section. A few pages later in the magazine is Jan […]

Book reviews: Constructing Paris in the Age of Revolution, by Allan Pontofsky, reviewed by Ian Coller of the University of Melbourne, pp. 115-117   Click here for the issue contents (external link).   April 2011

The news of the Museo Napoleonico's reopening in Havana, Cuba, has appeared in a number of newspapers across the world, highlighting the cultural importance of this event. Below are links to the articles produced by Agence France Presse and the Latin American Havana Times.   Agence France Presse   Latin American Havana Times   Both links […]

A joint project of the Department of Italian Studies and the Center for Digital Initiatives, the Library Center at Brown University offers an online digital archive dedicated to the study of Garibaldi and the Risorgimento. As well as a number of images and documents related to the events of the unification process, the library has […]

The March 2011 issue of History Today (UK) features two articles of Napoleonic interest. First up, Alexander Lee (in “The sins of the fathers: Italy's democratic deficit”) takes a look at the nature of Italian democracy and how the Risorgimento, the 150th anniversary of which is being commemorated this year, has influenced Italy's political and […]

The Institute of Historical Research website (UK) features an in-depth review of the British Periodicals Collections I and II, available through ProQuest. The service reproduces in digital format 472 fully searchable British periodicals which cover the period between 1681 and the late 1930s. Offering fascinating insights into the culture, society and politics of the period […]

The Institute for Historical Research (UK) features a review of the British Periodicals Collections I and II, provided through ProQuest. The service reproduces in digital format 472 fully searchable British periodicals which cover the period between 1681 and the late 1930s.   Click here for the review (external link).