Press reviews

Histoire @Politique (France), the online academic review produced by the Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po has published a special edition entitled “Monde Britannique 1815-1931” (“The British world 1815 – 1931”). Of particular interest are Karuna Mantena's “The Crisis of Liberal Imperialism”, which charts the evolution that British liberal imperialism underwent as different challenges presented themselves […]

The second issue of the Napoleonic Historical Society (USA) newsletter is now available and can be obtained through the society's website.   Articles include a feature on a digital sculpture of Napoleon crossing the Alps, based on the famous David painting, a report on the recent re-enactment at Compiègne and details on the 2010 annual conference, which […]

The Channel 4 website (UK) has recently launched a new Battle of Trafalgar game which allows users to take the helm of their very own ship and complete missions on behalf of the Royal Navy. As well as objectives based on historical events (escorting merchant ships to safe waters, transporting Nelson to safety and performing […]

An Associated Press report takes a look at the “Rude Britannia” exhibition currently on at the Tate Britain gallery and which runs from 9 June – 5 September, 2010.   Click here for the article (external link) and here for the exhibition details.

The Paleis op de Meir, which during its history has been owned by Napoleon, the Dutch authorities and the Belgian royal family, has reopened. The old royal palace is located at the heart of the Meir shopping district in Antwerp.  The weekend of 8 – 9 May saw the grand reopening of the palace which […]

The June 2010 issue of History Today (UK) features a short recap of Garibaldi's Sicily campaign as part of their Months Past regular feature. Also of interest is David White's article on the transformative nature of the American Civil War, “Born in the USA: A New World of War”. Elsewhere, there is a review of […]

The website The Circus in America (USA) features an article by John W. Frick on New York's Palace Garden, a pleasure garden created in 1858 as a venue for popular entertainment.   Click here for the article (external link).

The New Zealand Herald website (NZ) features an article on the discovery and forthcoming sale at auction of a lock of what is believed to be Napoleon Bonaparte's hair and a lithograph of the French emperor on his deathbed.   The sale will take place at the Auckland-based Art+Object auction house on 29th June.   […]

The BBC website (UK) has the latest episode of “Democracy on Trial”, hosted by Michael Portillo, available on the BBC iPlayer.   Democracy on Trial, episode 2 Michael Portillo goes back in time to trace the difficult and often dangerous journey the democratic ideal has taken to arrive at the version we recognise today. Although […]

First Empire n° 112   In this issue: – Mercer's Guns at Waterloo, by Gareth Glover, p4– Prussian Field Marshal Prince Blucher, by Blaine Taylor, p7– Maréchal Ney's Capture and Trial in 1815, by Patrick E. Wilson, p16– The Napoleon-Grouchy Dispatches of 17-18 June 1815: Another Look, by Colonel (ret.) Richard J. Matason, p22– Under […]