Mikaberidze re-examines the Napoleonic Wars as a global conflict, considering how they shaped the modern world. Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize.

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In one minute, we follow Napoleon’s meteoric rise and the wars that reshaped Europe. Using Google Earth, we trace his victories from Austerlitz to Jena, the costly invasion of Russia, and his final ...

I misread the title of this new account of the life and art of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) as “Darling” and thus, ...

Located near the Seine in the 7th arrondissement, Les Invalides houses France’s main military museum, the aforementioned ...

It’s easy to think of early presidents, revolutionaries, and artists as figures lost to time. They are believed to have ...

I didn't get into reading Jane Austen until my 60s. Now at 80, I've written my own spinoff. Half the proceeds will support ...

Learned, lively and often irreverent, David McWilliams’s “The History of Money” is rich with surprising details about currency, then and now. By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently ...

Firstly, Cornwell is reviving one of his most beloved characters: Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon warlord who carves a bloody ...

Firstly, Cornwell is reviving one of his most beloved characters: Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon warlord who carves a bloody ...

Opinions are luxury items, so I try not to have more than I can afford. An opinion, of course, is different from a belief, ...

Yorkshire may boast three top trails, but one area of the UK's scenic paths steal the spotlight for England's most ...