Press reviews

'Monsieur Romieu – “a man of talents” by Matthew Teller in BBC News Magazine Monitor (22nd November 2014)“At a time of international conflict two centuries ago, did Britain assassinate an enemy agent while the world was looking the other way? Matthew Teller delves into a story of intrigue and possible skulduggery in Persia. September 1805. Britain and France are […]

'Maurice Dietrichstein, Governor of Napoleon's Son' by Shannon Selin “Little did Napoleon realize, when releasing Major Maurice Dietrichstein from a French prison in 1800, that the Austrian nobleman would one day be responsible for the education of his son, Napoleon II. More a musical connoisseur than a military man, Dietrichstein became the child's governor after Napoleon's […]

'South Korean buys Napoleon's hat for 1.9 million euros' BBC website, 16th November 2014  

Interview with Andrew Roberts on the Daily Beast

On Tuesday 21 October, as part of a series of events to celebrate the bicentenary of the British Ambassador's Residence in Paris, Thierry Lentz, Pierre Branda and Peter Hicks (amongst many other historians, British and French) participated in an historical colloque on ‘Napoleon and Wellington in War and Peace'.The talks focused on the European situation […]

Journal of the 1805 Club, edited by Huw Lewis-Jones – Editorial, by Huw Lewis-Jones (pp. ix)– The President's Dispatch, by Admiral Sir Jonathan Band (pp. x)– The Chairman's Dispatch, by Peter Warwick (pp xii-xvi)– Seeking the Hidden Nelson, by Joseph F. Callo (pp. 1-11)– Trafalgar: The Battle for Authenticity, by Tony Beales (pp. 12-25)– Final Thoughts […]

The Napoleonic Historical Society NewsletterSeptember-October 2014 Contents 2 – Ten Things Napoleon Never Said, by Shannon Selin 4 – Elba: Tiny Island, Big Place, by Leslie & Victor Eider 11 – Miquel knighthood 12 – Our New Orleans conference 13 – The Contract is sold 15 – Canadian wrecks 17 – Belgian wreck? 18 – Thomas Heaphy […]

“Terror Plots, Threats to Liberties, Banks in Crisis: Welcome to Britain during the Napoleonic Wars”   Nigel Jones' review of In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793–1815, by Jenny Uglow. Published in The Spectator online (1 November, 2014), and including a video interview with Jenny Uglow about the home front during the Napoleonic Wars.  

“Four ways to win Waterloo,” by Allan Mallinson in The Spectator (25 October, 2014):  “…If you want Sharpe-like drama, go for Bernard Cornwell. For Eurocentric revisionism, go for Tim Clayton. If you're short of time, there's Brendan Simms's 80 pager. But in a class of its own is former soldier Robert Kershaw making ‘order out […]

Brendan Simms, “What the Battle of Waterloo teaches us about Europe today”, in The New Statesman (30 October, 2014):   “…The centenary of the start of the First World War has reopened old wounds. Yet Germany and Britain once enjoyed a special relationship – as when they defeated Napoleon at Waterloo – and they could […]