In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had ...

This carving, made from animal bones, is unusual. It dates from the Napoleonic era and would have been made by a French prisoner of war based at a camp near Peterborough at the end of the ...

But as 1806 drew to a close, Napoleon was still at war. Austria and Prussia had both ... describing him as "especially handsome, like a hero with all the graces of an amiable Parisian." ...

proclaiming a War of German Liberation. But the people of Bavaria, who had profited from Napoleon's earlier defeat of Austria, rallied once again around Napoleon as he assembled his troops for battle.

I end with Napoleon. There is a movie out, as you may know. And the usual Napoleonic wars are taking place — I mean, arguments about Napoleon. I would like to quote from my column and then expand.

The destruction brought by the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers. In late 1914 ...