Press reviews

This week, Martin Conboy, for the Institute of Historical Research, has reviewed the '19th Century British Library Newspapers' website. Click here for the full review (external website).

Stuart Semmel's article entitled “Radicals, Loyalists, and the Royal Jubilee of 1809” is published in the Journal of British Studies, volume 46, issue 3, July 2007, pp. 543-569. It is available through the Chicago Journals website (external link).

The latest in the Total War series, Empire: Total War takes in the 18th century as players battle it out to take their chosen nation to glory. A new demo is now available for download from the Total War website (external link).

Abstract: In the final years of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon allowed English smugglers entry into the French ports of Dunkirk and Gravelines, encouraging them to run contraband back and forth across the Channel. Gravelines catered for up to 300 English smugglers, housed in a specially constructed compound known as the ‘city of smugglers'. Napoleon used […]

The Institute of Historical Research’s latest book review is of Ronald Fraser’s Napoleon’s Cursed War: Popular Resistance in the Spanish Peninsular War, by Mark Lawrence of the University of Liverpool. Ronald Fraser’s response to the review is also available on the same website. Click here for the original review and here for the author’s response […]

First Empire issue n° 105   In this issue:   – Waterloo 1815-2008, by Duncan Miles, p4– The Napoleonic Historical Society, p8– Preparing To Invade France, by John Hussey, p12– A Day of Delay and Missed Opportunity, by Patrick E. Wilson, p23– French Rockets during the Napoleonic Wars, by RJ Tennant, p27– Napoleonic Newsdesk, by […]

On Tuesday 3 March 2009 at 1pm (GMT), the UK satellite and cable channel “The History Channel” will be showing “Engineering and Empire: Napoleon – Steel Monster”, which will discuss Napoleon's technological legacy as well as his impact on warfare and architecture. Click here for more information (external link).

A new trailer is available online for the forthcoming film, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, with the celebrated French actor, Alain Chabat, appearing as Napoleon. Click here to access the trailer (external link).

The Institute of Historical Research this week offers up a book review by Chris Evansof the University of Glamorgan. The book in question is Unrespectable Radicals? Popular Politics in the Age of Reform edited by Michael T. Davis and Paul A. Pickering. Click here for the review (external link).

The UK newspaper The Guardian reports that after long debate and discussion on the origins of The Colossus, the Prado museum in Madrid has removed Goya's name from the painting. The painting will continue to hang in the museum but the plaque attributing it to Goya will be changed. Click here for the full story (external link).