Press reviews

The latest issue of Far East Magazine (published by the Missionary Society of St Columban) features a fascinating article by Fr Eamonn Horgan SSC on Japanese Rice Art. Of particular interest is the impressive depiction of Napoleon  Bonaparte (after David) which stretches across an entire rice field in Inakadate, Japan. The highly detailed process involves […]

The Institute of Historical Research (UK) this week offers up a book review by Helen Berry from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The book in question is Behind Closed Doors. At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery. The website also features the author's response. Click here for the review and the author's response (external […]

The Institute of Historical Research (UK) this week offers up a digital resources review by Drew D. Gray from the University of Northampton. The resources in question are The Old Bailey Proceedings Online, edited by Clive Emsley, Tim Hitchcock and Robert B. Shoemaker. The website also features the editors' response. Click here for the review and […]

MOSCOW — Russia will spend nearly 60 million euros to build a new museum celebrating the 200th anniversary of Russia's 1812 victory over French emperor Napoleon, vice premier Alexander Joukov said Wednesday.   “I hope that it will be a collection … at the level of the best museums in the world,” Interfax news agency […]

The May 2010 edition of History Today (UK) features an article on the extraordinary rendetion of Napoleon Bonaparte following his surrender to the British authorities in 1815. In it, Norman MacKenzie analyses the legal minefield in which the British government found itself following Napoleon's peaceful surrender, the issues surrounding his captivity and the occasionally farcical […]

The Oxford University Press USA blog features an excerpt from Wayne Sandholtz's recent book, Prohibiting Plunder: How Norms Change, which traces the history of war plunder and its regulations. The excerpt featured focuses on plunder in Napoleonic France and the role of the Musée Napoléon.   Click here for the excerpt (external link).

The Institute of Historical Research (UK) this week offers up a book review by Ariel Hessayon from Goldsmiths College, University of London. The book in question is A Radical History of Britain. Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries: the Men and Women who Fought for Our Freedoms by Edward Vallance. The website also features the author's response. Click […]

The New York Times website (US) features a review of the recent book Russia Against Napoleon: the True Story of the Campaigns of 'War and Peace', witten by Dominic Lieven.   Click here for the article in full (external link).

The BBC website (UK) features an article on a new search engine being designed to help historians find and access source material.   Click here for the article (external link).

The St. Petersburg Times (Russia) features an article on the Russian federal government's plans to raze a settlement, Posyolok Borodinskogo Muzeya, located near to the Borodino battlefield in preparation for the bicentenary celebrations of Napoleon's 1812 defeat and retreat from Russia.   Click here for the article (external link).