| 单词 | Napoleonic |
| 例句 | Someone shot it off in a moment of idle desecration—some say it was Mameluke Turks, others, Napoleonic soldiers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had first expressed an interest in setting the poem to music when he was in his early twenties, before the full weight of the Napoleonic Wars began to envelop Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Monge’s work was so important to the military that much of it was made into a state secret by the revolutionary government and by the Napoleonic government that succeeded it soon afterward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The British used rockets later aboard their warships during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Herbie hunkered, petrified, horrified, on his sleeping bag, watching them die like gas victims from the First World War, like Napoleonic soldiers on a Russian winter battlefield. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Being so close to mainland Europe—a short sail to France—it had been a point of embarkation for British troops during the Napoleonic wars earlier in the century. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look absolutely Napoleonic in your uniform, Bull. Yes, you’re right. People used to take pride in their work.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy was fascinated by Fourier’s collection of Egyptian artifacts, collected during the Napoleonic expedition where he had been responsible for cataloging the astronomical monuments of that ancient civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Revolutionaries, Roman centurions, Napoleonic cavalry on skeletal horses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Commons lawn stretched out wide and desolate like some Napoleonic battlefield: churned, sordid, roiled with footprints. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say, Napoleonic times. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1428, it became part of the Venetian Republic, then, in 1797, as an effect of the Napoleonic wars, revolted against Venice and declared its independence. In the June Light of Northern Italy, the Bliss of Bergamo 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The marriage began to deteriorate and was mostly fallow by the time Grant left for Spain to film “The Pride and the Passion,” a Napoleonic drama released in 1957. Betsy Drake, actress and writer who married Cary Grant, dies at 92 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Some of the goods, such as one of the world's largest collections of Napoleonic memorabilia that was amassed by sugar baron Julio Lobo, were housed in Cuban museums where they remain. Despite detente, search for art looted in Cuba could take years 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z For writers and readers of historical fiction the Napoleonic wars have been a godsend, inspiring not just the odd novel but battalions and flotillas of books. Books of The Times: Stella Tillyard?s ?Tides of War,? Napoleonic Novel - Review 2011-12-21T21:56:44Z Suddenly the auditorium is filled with pale, grey shades from various points in history – a Napoleonic soldier, a nurse from the second world war, a skin-headed spectre in rolled-up jeans. A Christmas Carol ? review 2010-12-07T21:30:00Z This history is explored through artifacts and documentary material at the Homeland War Museum, set within a Napoleonic fort at the base of the cable car station. 36 Hours in Dubrovnik, Croatia 2012-09-27T14:55:10Z After the Napoleonic Wars ended on the fields of Belgium, in 1815, many British took to wearing dentures that had been pried from the dead on the battlefield — “Waterloo teeth,” they were called. A Historian Explains What Civilization Owes to War 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Unseen in the tree-shrouded hills overlooking downtown Portland are rifle-toting coyotes wearing Napoleonic uniforms, birds ferrying human children on their backs and an army of mole knights living underground. 'Wildwood Chronicles' conjures a Portland fantasy 2014-03-26T13:22:10Z He wrote of picturesque villages tucked into woodlands, and fishermen gathered on the shores, trading stories of the Seven Years’ or Napoleonic wars. Nature's son: on the trail of Theodor Fontane, the German Charles Dickens 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Born in 1798, Delacroix was a privileged child of the Napoleonic age. Eugène Delacroix at the Met: A 19th-century retrospective that evokes today’s turmoil 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture Louisiana cabinetmakers under Napoleonic rule earned job titles as elite as ébéniste and doreur, building and gilding furniture for plantation owners. Antiques: Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture 2010-12-10T00:01:00Z Franco is a pugnacious buffoon with a gnawing Napoleonic complex who just wants to prove that he was no fool. | 'Spy Garbo': Long Gone, but Fighting Hard Not to Be Forgotten 2011-03-11T22:33:28Z Increasingly, nostalgia came to be associated with military experience, with French physicians recording its frequent appearance in soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars. The lost promise of nostalgia: What modern pop culture gets wrong 2014-03-16T20:00:00Z That unifying idea had, over the centuries, taken the form of the Roman Empire, the Catholic Church and the Napoleonic army. Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Based on a novella by Joseph Conrad, Scott's first film was The Duellists, a costume drama about the obsessive rivalry between two cavalry officers in the Napoleonic wars. Prometheus – review 2012-06-02T23:07:09Z The idea was that audiences would recognize in Cortés a liberator in the Napoleonic mold. Two Centuries Later, a Composer Gets a Second Look 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The English link seems to have been strengthened during the Napoleonic war in Spain. The When and Why of Amontillado 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z “I put a Napoleonic bed into the top bedroom,” she said. Irish Artifacts and Provenance 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z And in shocking breach of Elysée protocol, which at the time banned trousers for women as evening wear, Bardot arrived dressed as a Napoleonic hussar. Brigitte Bardot at 80: still outrageous, outspoken and controversial 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z The time is late in the Napoleonic wars and the place is somewhere in or near Saxony. Review: In ‘Spindle Shuttle Needle,’ History With Strings Attached 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z A 1968 collage in response to the war in Vietnam called “The Napoleonic Geometry of Art — Given: The Pentagon in the Square: Demonstrate: The Hyperbolic Swastika,” is about as pointedly angry as art can be. Art Review: Robert Duncan and Jess, and Their Wonderland of Art 2014-01-16T22:59:26Z So the Met’s armies of artisans set about recreating the Rome of the Napoleonic era to realize Mr. MacFarlane’s painterly designs. Behind the Scenes of ‘Tosca,’ the Messiest Production in Met History 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It turns out that we’re in an alternate timeline in which England has been annexed by the French, the result of Britain’s decisive loss in the Napoleonic Wars decades before. A Novel Imagines a Victorian England Ruled by France 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z When he died, in 1940, Graham Greene wrote that it felt like "the obscure death of a veteran – an impossibly Napoleonic veteran, say, whose immense memory spanned the period from Jena to Sedan". Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z He created more than 30 such games, with titles involving the Napoleonic Wars, World War II and, of course, Vietnam. John Prados, Master of Uncovering Government Secrets, Dies at 71 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The Napoleonic period and the dissolution of religious institutions brought a vast number of illuminated manuscripts to the market. Fitzwilliam Museum Celebrates the Birth and Glory of Color Manuscripts 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Earlier conflicts, such as the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century, produced some accounts from outside the officer class but these became more common in World War One. For some history enthusiasts, World War One tributes go further 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z “Master and Commander” was certainly that kind of picture, a vivid, turbulent ripping yarn about naval warfare in the Napoleonic era, and “The Way Back,” though quieter, is no less consequential stuff. Film: He?s Fought His Own Way Back to Work 2011-01-09T02:13:01Z The Napoleonic campaigns, which foundered on resistance by the papal states, and then Italian unification led to the closure of many places of worship, respectively as an act of vengeance, and for lack of funds. Architectural appeal remains as Italy's deconsecrated churches rise again 2013-01-01T12:33:38Z The annual Czech event saw enthusiasts in historical costume wielding muskets, pistols and sabres as they re-enacted the clash, which historians regard as one of the most important battles of the Napoleonic wars. Napoleon feted in Czech reenactment of Battle of Austerlitz 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z He certainly did much to reform France and Europe, not least through what became the Napoleonic legal code. Flawed sparkler 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Without this information, she said “the importance of the painting for national patrimony as a rare and significant document of the Napoleonic era in Italy” was not recognized until later. Italy to Frick Collection: Give Our Painting Back 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Martin, regally draped in furs, and the feisty African American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in the Napoleonic stance and garb of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Haitian revolutionary. Bradley Craft turns literary characters into caricatures 2012-02-18T00:26:31Z Shonibare is to be commended for actually inviting people to consider the Battle of Trafalgar, the British navy, the Napoleonic wars and all that other old stuff which this square is supposed to remember. A shipshape sculpture for Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth 2010-05-11T11:35:00Z But the Napoleonic feeling can’t be distilled entirely from issues of money and status. Napoleon on the Backstairs 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The annual Czech event saw enthusiasts in historical costume wielding muskets, pistols and sabres as they re-enacted the clash, which historians regard as one of the most important battles of the Napoleonic wars. Napoleon feted in Czech reenactment of Battle of Austerlitz 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z In Ms. Tillyard’s hands the past — or the Napoleonic era, anyway — is always on the verge of becoming the modern. Books of The Times: Stella Tillyard?s ?Tides of War,? Napoleonic Novel - Review 2011-12-21T21:56:44Z Not only were they named best group, their Ragged Kingdom CD won best album and their brooding arrangement of the Napoleonic ballad Bonnie Bunch of Roses won best traditional track. June Tabor triumphs at BBC Radio 2 Folk awards 2012-02-09T10:27:42Z But if his point is that the ruling elite of the Napoleonic era were much like the ruling elite of modern times, I am with him all the way. The Savage Storm by David Andress - review 2012-12-06T10:00:01Z The range of her novels spans from the Bronze Age and Norman England to the Napoleonic wars. In praise of? Rosemary Sutcliff 2011-03-28T23:05:06Z Or not, because there was something Napoleonic about the ambition behind that infinitely punctilious façade. The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He's in full Napoleonic fig, with gold-braided jacket and big black hat, but – call it star quality – he doesn't look ridiculous. Adam Ant – review 2013-05-12T14:03:47Z When I was growing up in Dorset, not far from "Casterbridge" , I went through a Hardy phase, reading everything from Under The Greenwood Tree to The Dynasts, his verse play, set in the Napoleonic wars. What writers leave behind in a digital age 2011-04-04T09:07:02Z So much of the Napoleonic “adventure” was in fact a debacle. Perspective | Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wrap of L’Arc de Triomphe reads like a salient point on hollow glory 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z She and her friend, Curtis, encounter a world of warring creatures — think coyotes dressed in Napoleonic uniforms, talking birds and one brainy rat. Book Excerpt: Diving Deep into Portland?s Enchanted Forest 2012-03-30T10:45:34Z The pieces in the series, painted between 1806 and 1809 at the height of the Napoleonic wars, are all of scenes at the mouth of the Thames. Famed British seascape by J.M.V. Turner up for auction 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Displayed salon style in lightboxes on the wall, they include works by Rembrandt, Vermeer and Degas, as well as a Napoleonic flagpole finial and a Chinese vase. The scenes of a crime: Kota Ezawa revisits the Gardner Museum theft 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Visitors to the famous Napoleonic arch, which dominates the Champs-Elysees Avenue, will not only be able to see the gleaming fabric, but also touch it too — as the artists had intended. Paris’ Arc de Triomphe is being wrapped in fabric 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Lofty creations like the Eiffel Tower, completed in 1889, or the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, which opened in 1911, symbolised a richer, more confident world following the Napoleonic wars. The best of times 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the story exists in an England where magic is universally accepted as real but extinct, something to be discussed theoretically and studied historically, like ancient Greek or Latin. 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' conjures literate magic world 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z After Dr. Evans died in 1897, Penn’s dental school inherited his estate, including Manet paintings and gold Napoleonic knickknacks. A Collection From Napoleon III’s Dentist, Now on View at Penn 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The sarcophagus, probably from the Theban necropolis at Sheikh Abd-el Qurna in Northern Egypt, came to France in the early 19th century after the Napoleonic campaigns in Egypt. 9 Rarities Appearing at a New York Art Fair’s Debut 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Dartmoor originated as a jail for Napoleonic prisoners of war, kept in cells with unglazed windows – many died of exposure. Why I went to prison on my holiday 2010-08-22T18:59:00Z Vienna was then in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars; Beethoven was isolated and confronting his increasing deafness. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z He adapted a Napoleonic food preservation technique, adding salt and sodium nitrite to keep it pink and ward off botulism, and at the same time making it indefinitely edible. ‘It's flavourful as hell’: welcome to Hawaii’s annual Spam festival 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Martello towers were built, at great cost, along the coasts of Kent, Sussex, Essex and Suffolk at the time of the Napoleonic wars. Napoleon-proof your home: convert a Martello tower 2010-12-20T21:31:01Z As the Napoleonic Wars raged on, the artist filled his sketchbooks with soldiers and seamen, observed captured ships in Portsmouth, and crossed the channel to visit the battlefield of Waterloo. J.M.W. Turner: The Romantic Turns Reformist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Most important was completion of the Napoleonic Code, which collected and made clear all of the country’s civil laws. French leader Napoleon Bonaparte has a complicated legacy 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z A military tailoring outfit begun during the Napoleonic Wars evolved into the court tailor to Queen Victoria in 1869, producing the palace’s livery, or official uniform. A Road Map to Shopping Like a Royal in London 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z In this novel, as in its many predecessors, the Napoleonic era is seldom dull. Books of The Times: Stella Tillyard?s ?Tides of War,? Napoleonic Novel - Review 2011-12-21T21:56:44Z The lavender tricorn that Daisy wears was based on a big fashion in the early ’20s, a cross between Russian folkloric dress and Napoleonic uniforms. The Carpetbagger: Clothes and Character: ‘The Great Gatsby’ 2013-12-31T19:00:37Z We see the captive narrator struggling to keep track of the passing days, and to keep his mind sharp by playing memory games about the Napoleonic Wars. New Graphic Novels Detail Personal Journeys and Twists of Fate 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z There is also the Napoleonic imperial eagle on its pike, captured from the French in 1809, in a battle at Martinique. The Reginauld line serves as reminder of Royal Fusiliers' grit 2011-03-28T18:59:51Z Lin’s project belongs to a venerable tradition of art about injustice, one that traces its roots back at least as far as Goya’s harrowing accounts of the Napoleonic occupation of Spain. Plight of immigrants brought to light in ambitious Tacoma Art Museum show 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z It may be in Paris, near the Orsay show, or in Fontainebleau, where the auction house, a specialist in Napoleonic art and memorabilia, is based. Works by Pierre Bonnard From Family Collection to Be Sold 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z But my shelves hold many volumes of military history, and of Patrick O’Brian’s Napoleonic War maritime novels. Adam Hochschild Says Books Can Change the World. He Has Proof. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Collings is also keen to emphasise the social context of the paintings and link them to the ideas of Turner's time, such as the Napoleonic wars and Burke's concept of the sublime. TV highlights 13/06/2012 2012-06-12T19:30:01Z The Mr. Natural Californian Minimalist and the Napoleonic French Modernist may seem to represent opposing musical points of view, but together they have changed the way we think about music. Classical music 2015 highlights: Female conductors, 'Hopscotch,' Dudamel — but about those parking fees 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Written during a period of reactionary entrenchment across Europe in the wake of the Napoleonic era, the Ninth developed a musical language that, according to Morlot, was revolutionary in its innovations. Revolution No. 9: Seattle will hear Beethoven’s famed, still-needed work of inclusivity 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Civil liberties were crushed in Britain during the Napoleonic wars, not expanded. Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms – review 2013-05-23T08:00:03Z Paris’ iconic Arc de Triomphe, inaugurated in 1836, was built in honor of the French Revolution and victories in the Napoleonic Wars. A triumphal arch for the age of Amazon: Michael Parker's cardboard monument in San Pedro 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z He grew so successful that he established an Andy Warhol-like “factory” to churn out drawings that he would sign, in a Napoleonic gesture, with the swirling initial “N.” He photographed Victor Hugo and Jules Verne — now the spotlight is on him 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Lawrence, painting in the Napoleonic age, was a worthy heir to Reynolds. Thomas Lawrence exhibition shows royals need to have the common touch 2010-11-24T14:31:00Z Even today at auction, the Napoleonic finial stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston about 25 years ago would not likely fetch more than $10,000, experts say. Gardner Museum Offers New Reward for Item Taken in 1990 Heist 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z After the Napoleonic War and the two world wars, the victors tried to create an international order that would keep a lasting peace. Margaret MacMillan Discusses Causes of World War I 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z The title “Napoleonic Series: Investigation of World Rulers” makes it a feminist joke. Art In Review: ‘CARNAL KNOWLEDGE’: ‘Sex + Philosophy’ 2012-05-31T21:29:07Z The laws here follow Napoleonic Code, the gas stations stock good bread and the culture is still so Cajun — short for Acadian — that residents speak French and teach their kids to play the accordion. A Mardi Gras Beer, Straight From Cajun Country 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z But after the international market for prints crashed with the Napoleonic wars, the enterprise collapsed under his substantial debts. For a Shakespeare Anniversary, an Online Re-Creation of a 1796 Show 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z He coxed crew at Princeton, for example, and collected Napoleonic sabers. Review: ‘Martial Bliss,’ a Loving Memoir About a Bookstore for Military Buffs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z He has transplanted the action to the early 19th century, a time when the Napoleonic Wars subjected Germany to the threat of foreign domination, which Sachs warns of when extolling “holy German art.” Opera Review: On Opposite Shores: 'Meistersinger' and 'Rosenkavalier' 2011-05-24T18:30:06Z And British concerns to stop any particular country dominating the continent were at the root of the Napoleonic wars and, a century later, both world wars. Historians and Brexit 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Do you think that those who fought for a radical and democratic reform of the British political system after the Napoleonic wars would be satisfied with the progress we’ve made since? 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z At the top of Calton Hill, the 12 Doric columns of the unfinished National Monument were meant to honor those who died in the Napoleonic Wars, but are now referred to as “Edinburgh’s disgrace.” 36 Hours in Edinburgh 2013-07-11T22:58:24Z At Cannes in 1977, he won best debut film for The Duellists, about two feuding French officers in the Napoleonic wars. Ridley Scott: Creator of worlds 2010-05-10T20:30:00Z “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” wove its wizardry through the actual history of the Napoleonic wars, and even provided footnotes concocted from real and faux bibliographic detail. Review | Susanna Clarke’s infinitely clever ‘Piranesi’ is enough to make you appreciate life in quarantine 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z In addition to the Rembrandt, there were some unusually esoteric items that were taken as well, like a Chinese gu vessel and a finial off a Napoleonic flag. Netflix's uneven but informative "This Is a Robbery" makes the world's biggest art heist feel stale 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z British artists, excluded from Europe during the Napoleonic wars, had to make do. Volcanic art 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Originally built to defend against Napoleonic invasions, the fort is now a National Trust site documenting life on the site since the Stone Age. Make tracks: ride the world's newest cycling routes 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z At its center is his most fiery heroine, Tosca, the diva who attempts to live for art under tyranny in Rome during Napoleonic times. Puccini extreme: Dudamel's gloriously pessimistic 'Tosca' an indictment on the appeal of fascism 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Like other aristocratic families, they were hit hard by the Napoleonic invasion. Art Review: Metropolitan Show Reunites Goya Portraits of the Altamiras 2014-04-24T17:09:52Z You’d never know that parts of Europe were ravaged by the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath for many of the years covered by this show. Art Review: Romantics Shining Clear Light on Daily Existence 2011-04-07T22:30:23Z That first harvest of classical art would be largely pillaged by Napoleonic armies, but as Rome regenerated more of its past has resurfaced in fields turned back into suburbs. ‘Rome: A History in Seven Sackings’ Review: The City That Survived 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Adjacent to the cable car station is the Imperial Fort, an imposing relic of the Napoleonic wars that was built in the early 19th century. The fantasy world of real-life Dubrovnik, Croatia The story goes as follows: Mexico was in dire financial straits after the country defaulted on loans owed to France under Napoleonic rule. More than margaritas: What Cinco de Mayo is actually about 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The historical novelist Bernard Cornwell, who has written over 20 novels telling the story of a soldier in the Napoleonic wars since 1980, turns to non-fiction with an account of the battle of Waterloo. The top five London Book Fair deals 2013-04-18T12:23:49Z As a result of the Napoleonic Wars at the beginning of the 19th century, several gymnastic programs were created to bolster and strengthen young men's bodies around Europe. Why do men obsess over six-packs 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z A splendid recreation of Napoleonic France and a compelling movie to boot. The Duellists: it takes two to tangle 2010-10-28T09:00:00Z More eccentric, if just as dazzlingly done, are David Fertig’s small pastels on paper inspired by scenes and figures from the Napoleonic Wars. Some eerie, startling work at Prographica’s ‘Figures & Faces’ 2013-12-26T20:43:44Z How fine to escape from Twitter feeds and into Napoleonic Russia or 1950s New England. Watching Postelection, So Much Feels Different 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The book was brought to England from China in the early 19th Century after surviving a Napoleonic naval skirmish. Rare Chinese early music book found 2014-03-04T15:05:56Z Jean-Jacques Lequeu, more than two centuries ago, also saw his career upended by political shifts and economic crises: in his case, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Beyond Architecture, a Builder of Lusty Fantasies 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z British artists of the Napoleonic wars were influenced by Leonardo da Vinci's essay on how to paint a battle, which was translated into English at the start of the 19th century by JF Rigaud. Turner blows Yinka Shonibare's fourth plinth boat out of the water 2010-05-25T09:34:00Z "Said to be created by Montmireil, personal chef to Viscomte Chateaubriand, the Great Writer and Statesman of the Napoleonic Era," the menu boasted. Recreating a TWA first-class meal, 20 years later 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Attempting neutrality during the Napoleonic wars, Denmark had infuriated England, which sent its navy across the North Sea, corralled Danish fleets, torched Copenhagen, and pushed the country into bankruptcy. The Danish Experience: Art That Marries Real and Ideal 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z During the Napoleonic era, the French army stole its entire painting collection. When Should a Museum Return Looted Items? It’s Complicated. 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z It belongs more nearly to another strain of Napoleonic fiction, the Regency romance novels of Georgette Heyer, especially books like “An Infamous Army” and “The Spanish Bride.” Books of The Times: Stella Tillyard?s ?Tides of War,? Napoleonic Novel - Review 2011-12-21T21:56:44Z In early 1816, after the Napoleonic Wars gave France control of Senegal, the Méduse sailed south to Africa to take the reins of its new territory. 7 historical cases of cannibalism 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z But he remained conscious, and managed to dictate several other items, including another Napoleonic letter. The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z They disappeared, along with two other works by Rembrandt, five sketches by Degas, a Manet painting, a landscape by Flink and - bizarrely - a bronze finial from a Napoleonic battle flag. In the frame 2010-03-18T09:05:00Z Among the vast acreage of Napoleonic studies, it’s good to have at least one book that emphasizes flower beds instead of battlefields. Review | Napoleon Bonaparte, gardener? Yes, says a new book, the dictator found solace in the natural world 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Sergio is quickly upstaged by the prime minister himself, who is in a temporary Napoleonic exile in Sardinia. ‘Loro’ Review: A Corrupt Leader, and the People Who Love Him 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z He endows the King with Napoleonic aspirations and the sense of an anointed god struggling with a dim perception that he just may, after all, be human. ‘The King and I,’ With Hoon Lee as a More Tragic Monarch 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Everything came together in that one object — the act of writing, the Napoleonic era, family bonds. | The Narrative of Home 2014-05-06T15:28:42Z He had a particular interest in the Napoleonic wars and contributed military campaign articles to the journal of the Waterloo Association. Raymond Cusick 2013-02-24T18:19:55Z Set after the Napoleonic wars, “Traveler” tells the story of Hans, a lonely wanderer, who stops for the night in Wandernburg, a fictional town on the shifting borders of Saxony and Prussia. Andrés Neuman’s New Novel Is ‘Talking to Ourselves’ 2014-04-16T20:50:36Z This Napoleonic initiative took decades of work, with the construction of more than 200 well-engineered locks before the full canal opened in 1842. A week-long, 80-mile walking tour of picturesque Brittany is a step back in time 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the population is creeping up at Perth prison, Scotland's oldest jail, which still uses halls built by French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars. Scotland's prison population projected to hit record high 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z This has radically altered the strategic posture along the Baltic Sea, where much of the coast had belonged to neutral states since Napoleonic times. Russia's war in Ukraine overshadows NATO's 2023 northern Baltic Sea drill 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z This was the case in the Napoleonic Wars and the Second World War. Putin's men and the rebellion in Russia 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Economic chaos in the brutal wake of Napoleonic Wars was shoved into bankruptcy by British intervention. Review: A striking Danish art show at the Getty unpacks what it means to be a nation in turmoil 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z A whole generation had absorbed tales of glory on the battlefield, of the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Franco-Prussian War, and the conquests overseas. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z What were the global ramifications of the Napoleonic Wars for Spain? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Swiss neutrality began to be formalized after the Napoleonic wars, when European powers agreed it could create a buffer between regional powers. War in Ukraine Puts Centuries of Swiss Neutrality to the Test 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Note, however, that one phrase was missing from Bush's Napoleonic screed about forcibly spreading "democracy" and "freedom" with that new tool, "precision warfare," and that was, of course, "international law." When we were Vladimir Putin: The American war from hell, 20 years later 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z When you look at Russia's wars, they have a narrative that goes back to the Napoleonic Wars. "Putin shows no sign of stopping": One year later, massive death toll 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z First, despite the manifest abuses of occupied territories, the Napoleonic army still brought with it significant reform. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The work done in 1815 to create a balance of power among European nations in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars had been quite successful. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z One of them, “View From the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight,” shows two sailors and a soldier standing on the rampart of a citadel that was battered during the Napoleonic Wars. Review | Scarred by defeat, they gave birth to a golden age of Danish art 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z "I was dressed for the 17th Century and he was Napoleonic era Royal Dragoons," she said. Love at first fight: The re-enactors who find romance 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z “In the Napoleonic wars, World War I and World War II, the successful military leaders and peacemakers were often the same individuals,” she said. Hard-Line Positions by Russia and Ukraine Dim Hope for Peace Talks 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The irony of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, however, was that the countries invaded by the French eventually adopted their own nationalist beliefs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The lottery tradition dates back to 1812, when Spain was under French occupation during the Napoleonic Wars and the draw was designed to raise funds to fight. 'Fat One' lottery spreads Christmas cash and joy across Spain 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The Rothschilds financed the British Army in the Napoleonic Wars and later the purchase of the Suez Canal. Evelyn de Rothschild, banking heir and adviser to the queen, dies at 91 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “As long as the army is intact, there is hope to end the war with honor,” she wrote, quoting a famed Russian military commander from the times of Napoleonic wars. Some Russian war bloggers express anguish over the Kherson order, while others see its pragmatism. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z After her death, it passed to her niece and then briefly to the family of a Napoleonic diplomat, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. Commentary: Huntington museum lands a smashing gift, painted by court artist to Marie Antoinette 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z During the Napoleonic period, Spanish liberal intellectuals had been stuck in an awkward position. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The "longest wage squeeze since Napoleonic times" has left UK families at breaking point, the head of the Trades Union Congress will say later. UK workers face a two decade-long wage squeeze, says TUC 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z After Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, her coffin will be moved from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch, which celebrates Britain’s victories in the Napoleonic Wars. Here’s the route the queen’s coffin will follow across London. 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z He also expected them to bring up NATO, after the historically non-aligned Scandinavian nation — which hasn’t fought a war since the Napoleonic era — decided to join the alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February. Sweden holds election amid concerns over energy bills, crime 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z With the British gaining the upper hand during the Napoleonic Wars and Napoleon’s French army on the run, Great Britain now could divert skilled combat troops from Europe to fight in the United States. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Late in the Napoleonic wars, some Russian officers in the Tsarist army underwent a pair of related revelations. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Arthur Wellesley was given the title of the Duke of Wellington after playing a key role in defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and ending the Napoleonic Wars. Duke of Wellington's sherry sells for £1,500 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Experts say the discoveries are "incredibly rare" on a Napoleonic battlefield and further excavation is under way to learn more. Battle of Waterloo skeletons uncovered in Belgium 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z It is named after a Napoleonic War captain, called Napier, who bought and farmed the same hills in the early 19th Century. JK Rowling firm in row over right-to-roam access 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z British textile mills voraciously consumed American cotton, and the devastation of the Napoleonic Wars made Europe reliant on other American agricultural commodities such as wheat. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The new political ideologies that had emerged from the backdrop of the French Revolution and Napoleonic period coalesced in 1848. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Swedish finance minister explained why his country, which hasn’t been at war since the Napoleonic era, was breaking its more than 200-year tradition of neutrality with its bid to join NATO. Opinion | The one hopeful sign coming out of Davos this year 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Battle of Waterloo skeletons uncovered in Belgium 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Victorious European nations forced France to pay them after the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, a decade before the Baron of Mackau set foot in Haiti. The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z “For some kind of Napoleonic plans of our latest Caesar, yes?” Live: Live updates | G7 countries eye $18 BN for Ukraine defense 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z While many of the smallest states of the region vanished during the Napoleonic period, “Germany” remained nothing more than an idea in the early nineteenth century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z At peace since the days of the Napoleonic wars, Sweden has been more reluctant to cast aside its non-alignment than Finland, which fought a bloody conflict with the Soviet Union in the 20th century. Sweden's ruling party poised to back NATO bid 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Five years on, even Mr Minc says the president's style is "too Napoleonic". Emmanuel Macron: From political outsider to president 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Backlighted by the sun, the tiered fountain of splashing light is a virtual silhouette that fronts the classical base of the famous column to Lord Nelson, hero of a naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Review: Photo visionary Imogen Cunningham gets a refocus in new Getty retrospective 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Whether you're talking about Vikings raiding England, English kings invading France, the Napoleonic wars or the slaughterhouse of World War I, Europe is the heartland of global conflict. Ukraine in perspective: Is war in Europe shocking and unusual? Hardly 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Even after the Napoleonic wars, when noble titles could no longer be lost by engaging in commerce, banking, or factory ownership, there remained deep skepticism and arrogance among continental nobles about the new industries. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Napoleonic Wars advanced the dreams of Alexander Hamilton despite the political dominance of his opponents. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z But the troubles sparked by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars between 1789 and 1815 had halted trade, interrupted communication, and caused inflation in some parts of the continent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A professional hand embroiderer has been commissioned to design gold embroidery onto a rare Napoleonic military jacket. 'Measuring millimetres' on a gold Napoleonic coat 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z “There are enough Uncle Napoleons in our country,” the British magazine Prospect once quoted Mr. Pezeshkzad as remarking, “to make up several Napoleonic armies, all of them products of the same school of thought.” Iraj Pezeshkzad, celebrated Iranian satirist and author of ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The only thing that benefited from Stalin’s oversight was the military, which grew dramatically and, for the first time since the Napoleonic Wars, achieved a level of parity with the west. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Independence movements had appeared in most of Spain’s American colonies during the Napoleonic Wars, but Spain tried to reclaim its territories when French power collapsed in 1815. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the ideas of the French Revolution and the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars were causing upheaval in Europe, as you will learn in Section 2. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Our growth will always be opportunistic. It's not some Napoleonic invasion of Russia here. Whoever comes up with the best deals will get the next four or five aircraft." Ryanair could shift up to 20 planes to Ukraine in next three years 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z According to Article 324 of the Napoleonic Code of 1810, if a husband found his wife in their marital bed with another man, killing her was considered excusable. A woman is killed by her partner or ex every three days in France. Activists want change 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars profoundly shook Europe. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Europe’s Napoleonic Wars encouraged their efforts, as armies drafted peasants, crop yields sagged, and prices soared for grain, meat, butter, leather, and other farm products. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Napoleon thought that his greatest work was his comprehensive system of laws, known as the Napoleonic Code. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Set in the 19th Century, it told of two men who brought magic back to England during the Napoleonic wars. Women's Prize for Fiction: Susanna Clarke wins for 'truly original' comeback 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The story behind this hat is very different from other Napoleonic bicornes that have been offered on the market, according to Cottle. Newly discovered Napoleon hat with DNA previews in Hong Kong 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Early nineteenth-century conservatism at its best was a coherent critique of the violence, warfare, and instability that had accompanied the Revolution and Napoleonic wars. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z LE BOURGET, France — The plan, to repatriate the skeleton of a Napoleonic general who died on a Russian battlefield two centuries ago, was supposed to bring together the leaders of two nations long at odds. A Skeleton for Diplomacy: How a Plan to Reconcile France and Russia Collapsed 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The Nunnery has been occupied for about 1,700 years, containing the remains of structures from the Medieval, Tudor and Napoleonic eras built on top of each other. World War Two German bunker in Alderney built inside Roman fort 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Gudin's coffin was officially received by the French veterans' affairs minister, with a guard of honour wearing Napoleonic uniform. France receives remains of Napoleonic general from Russia 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Other Napoleonic hats, with more history in the auction circuit, have fetched as much as $2.5 million dollars. Newly discovered Napoleon hat with DNA previews in Hong Kong 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z On the verge of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in the last decades of the century, Britain was poised to become the global powerhouse. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But controversy was growing in conservative media over France’s refusal to honor a Napoleonic general, and at the last minute, the government sent Geneviève Darrieussecq, the minister for veterans affairs, to attend. A Skeleton for Diplomacy: How a Plan to Reconcile France and Russia Collapsed 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z As botanist and explorer Joseph Banks wrote during the Napoleonic Wars, “The science of two nations may be at peace while their politics are at war.” Cuba's Economic Isolation Has an Environmental Silver Lining 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z The Napoleonic Code, long since amended, said “a woman owes obedience to her husband,” not an uncommon view at the time. France Battles Over Whether to Cancel or Celebrate Napoleon 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The original authoritarian strongman of the early 1800s is still etched into the memory of France's European neighbours, according to Renaud Blanloeil, who runs a group that organises reconstructions of Napoleonic battles in full costume. Napoleon's incendiary legacy divides France 200 years on 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z After the Napoleonic wars, the great powers of Europe deliberately crafted a new political arrangement whose purpose was, in part, to maintain peace between them. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But honoring a Napoleonic general will appeal to the conservative voters Mr. Macron is wooing ahead of next year’s presidential election, and for whom Napoleon embodies a lost grandeur. A Skeleton for Diplomacy: How a Plan to Reconcile France and Russia Collapsed 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about the Rothschild banking family date back to the Napoleonic era. Greene draws rebuke from right as Republican Jewish Committee condemns ‘antisemitic comments’ 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z He organised Napoleonic re-enactments - in which he played the part of Napoleon and she also took part. Russian historian jailed for dismembering partner 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Sokolov was known for his books about the Napoleonic era and his enthusiastic participation in reenactments of historic battles, and his case attracted broad attention in Russia. Russian professor sent to prison for killing student 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Romantic nationalism was an integral part of actual nationalist political movements, movements that emerged in earnest in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic wars. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Sokolov was known for his books about the Napoleonic era and his enthusiastic participation in reenactments of historic battles, and his case attracted broad attention in Russia. Russian professor sent to prison for killing student 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Originally designed as a site to commemorate those who died in the Napoleonic Wars it is now Germany’s Central Memorial for the Victims of War and Tyranny. Britain’s Prince Charles attends German remembrance ceremony 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Often the pain is concentrated in the big toe, ridiculous, stubby and chubby, Napoleonic, the fat piggy sent to market. Once the Disease of Gluttonous Aristocrats, Gout Is Now Tormenting the Masses 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Sokolov’s flamboyant style and fiery delivery made him popular among students, and he spoke about his passion for the Napoleonic era in TV interviews. Russian professor sent to prison for killing student 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z What had changed, however, was that the language of nationalism and the idea of national identity had come into its own by the late Napoleonic period. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Built in 1818, it was originally intended to celebrate the success of war in building national identity by liberating Germany from Napoleonic rule. How Germany remembers the world wars 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Throughout spring and summer, he endured the ghastly Brunonian system of medicine that wound up killing more people than the Napoleonic wars. Beethoven for pandemic times: How Opus 132 is journey through illness and healing 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The military technology that was developed immediately before and during the war vastly outpaced the archaic Napoleonic tactics used during the first several years of Civil War battles. A brief history of the "Lost Cause": Why this toxic myth still appeals to so many white Americans 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z For HSBC’s King, the closest historic parallel to today is the Napoleonic Wars at the start of the 19th century - when Britain introduced income tax. Explainer: How will Britain pay for coronavirus borrowing? 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Many of the same people supported another doctrine that had been spread by the Napoleonic wars: liberalism. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z A British spinster poses as her niece to woo an ex-suitor back from the Napoleonic wars. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, May 17, 2020 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Even landlubbers adore this 21- book series about two comrades in the British navy during the Napoleonic wars. 16 meaty book series to get you through coronavirus stay-at-home orders 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Indeed, to be “a nation of shopkeepers”, the great Napoleonic insult, no longer looks so bad. Coronavirus: who will be winners and losers in new world order? 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Some reports suggest it was conducted to learn how many able-bodied men were in the country who were able to fight in the Napoleonic wars. Seven things you need to know about the census 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z There is a sense among Buttigieg supporters I talked to in Iowa before the caucuses that they are in on the ground floor of a phenomenon — maybe one less Napoleonic than Obama-like. Opinion | By any measure, Buttigieg is Trump’s proven superior 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Spain’s 19th century began with the Napoleonic wars’ hideous carnage and ended with the humiliation of the Spanish-American War of 1898. Opinion | Spain is playing with fire, and his name is Santiago Abascal 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z All end messily – the operative word is all – be they Roman, Napoleonic, British or Soviet. Donald Trump’s rant against Iran is the howl of a dying empire | Simon Jenkins 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Forester’s British naval hero woos the Duke of Wellington’s sister and fights in the Napoleonic wars. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Masses of troops would face off against one another, much like the armies of the Napoleonic era would have. Retired four-star general tours the Alamo in new documentary 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Elaborate, almost Napoleonic hilts, with tassels and ropes and other elements of martial pageantry. Suiting Up for the Impeachment Battle 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z He organised Napoleonic re-enactments - playing the role of Napoleon himself - and she participated. Historian found with body parts accused of murder 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z An aristocrat by birth, Gudin was a veteran of both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Mystery of Napoleon's favourite general solved 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The coin, which is based on the 1803 Napoleonic Franc, was designed as a “universal coin” that could be exchangeable with any currency around the world, according to Stack’s Bowers Galleries. Extremely rare 1879 $4 gold coin could sell for $1M 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The first started after the Napoleonic wars in 1815 and ended with World War One. Tensions highlight the importance of global trade 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Established in 1804 by Napoleonic decree, the graveyard became an open-air museum of sculpture, architecture and history. Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison live on here: A stroll through Père-Lachaise Cemetery 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The military complex was constructed as a major depot for arms and ammunition during the Napoleonic Wars and included barracks and a military prison. Lighthouses, viaduct and cliff lift at risk 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The European wars of religion in the 15th and 16th century killed a greater percentage of the population than World War I or the Napoleonic wars. In his brilliant new book, Timothy Egan searches for faith in a secular world 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The remains, they said, displayed injuries consistent with those sustained by Gudin, a veteran of both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Skeleton find in Russia may be Napoleonic general 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z He entertains grandiose, almost Napoleonic fantasies — purchasing Greenland from Denmark in what he calls “a large real estate deal,” perhaps, or imposing a naval blockade to force regime change in Venezuela. Opinion | Trump is melting down. Again. 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z According to researchers there are thousands, many expropriated, then abandoned, during Napoleonic rule. Italy's new ruins: heritage sites being lost to neglect and looting 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z At the turn of the 18th to the 19th, the continent was torn apart by two decades of Napoleonic wars, then stitched together in another pattern by the Congress of Vienna. Why we must not let Europe break apart 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z A photograph from that time shows him proudly wearing his uniform, with its heavily tasselled pelisse, mostly unchanged since the Napoleonic Wars, and later favored by Jimi Hendrix. The Man Who Built the Bauhaus 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Set a few years after the Napoleonic Wars, we’re treated to parliamentary speeches extolling the heroism of the Duke of Wellington, suggesting he be honored with a 750-pound reward. Review | Mike Leigh’s powers of observation and storytelling fail him in ‘Peterloo’ 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Could Spain ask France to apologize for crimes committed during the Napoleonic wars, he asked, when the French invaded the Iberian Peninsula? Mexican Call for Conquest Apology Ruffles Feathers in Spain. And Mexico. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The weapon most often used was the “Brown Bess” musket, which was issued to British forces in the Napoleonic wars. The Killing Times: the massacres of Aboriginal people Australia must confront 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The British imperial age emerged from the cataclysmic Napoleonic Wars that unleashed the transformative power of England's innovations in industry and global finance. What does it take to destroy a world order? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The reign of Queen Anne, like most of the 18th century, used to be ignored – a dull period in between the Glorious Revolution and the Napoleonic war. Banquets and bloody divorces: Britain’s most extravagant monarchs 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Not so in continental Europe, where legal systems are usually based on unbending Napoleonic code. Britain is operating as if a Brexit delay is there for the taking. It’s not. 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The letter was addressed to Lord Hawkesbury, the British Secretary of State, and was dated May 14, 1803, just four days before the start of the Napoleonic Wars. King of war: George III’s letter declaring war on Napoleon surfaces 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Thanks to his enemies’ heedlessness, the world suffered one last Napoleonic assault — the battle of Waterloo, where 50,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, a high price to pay for underestimating one man’s quenchless ambition. Favorite nonfiction from 2018, from Princess Margaret to a Silicon Valley scammer 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z “He was a tiny little Napoleonic father figure,” she said, laughing at the memory. Rodney Kageyama, actor and beloved Little Tokyo icon, dies at 77 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Machine guns lay waste to vain Napoleonic charges. Battlefield letters tell soldiers’ stories of World War I 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Charles Rotherham, a man in his early 30s, had served as a soldier in the Napoleonic wars for 12 years before beginning this new stage in his life. Written in stone: The murder memorials 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The Napoleonic Wars were formally ended by the Treaty of Paris, which was signed on Nov. 20, 1815. King of war: George III’s letter declaring war on Napoleon surfaces 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z France’s oldest club, in Pau in the Pyrenees, says Scottish officers pioneered golf there, during the Napoleonic wars in the early 19th century. Column: Ryder Cup an opportunity missed for French golf 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The term "triage"—from the French verb trier, meaning to sort—was born on the battlefields of Napoleonic Europe. With limited funds for conservation, researchers spar over which species to save—and which to let go 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The French were the first to claim the islands, in the early part of that century, before losing them to Britain after the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. A half-century after being uprooted for a remote U.S. naval base, these islanders are still fighting to return 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Tariffs from the trade bankrolled both the imperial court in Beijing and the British government, becoming especially critical to Westminster during the Napoleonic Wars of the early 1800s. Review | What a previous trade war with China might teach us 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z She is the bestselling author of the Temeraire books, a fantasy series that adds dragons to the Napoleonic Wars, and Spinning Silver, which riffs on Rumpelstiltskin. From Star Trek to Fifty Shades: how fanfiction went mainstream 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z He is credited with developing an early, indigenous rocket known as the Mysorean, a prototype of British Congreve rockets used in the Napoleonic wars. Indian warrior king's rocket cache found in abandoned well 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z “His only method is the crossing of the Bridge at Arcole,” he said, referring to a famous bold Napoleonic victory. Bodyguard Scandal Highlights Macron’s Aloofness, Critics of French President Say 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z And, if you cannot grasp why the staff at a Paris restaurant is clad in Napoleonic costume, it is, of course, because “Waterloo” is due any minute. “McQueen” Explores the Savage Talent of a Death-Haunted Designer 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Washington will be a duller place in his absence—so relentless and uproariously grubby were the scandals his roving eye for a freebie and Napoleonic sense of self-importance kept landing him in. Scott Pruitt’s grubby tenure at the EPA is over 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The area known today as Finland served as a battlefield for Russian-Swedish conflicts for centuries, and fell in 1809 into Russian hands in Europe’s Napoleonic Wars after 700 years of Swedish rule. Finnish neutrality key to Helsinki hosting US-Russia summit 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The area known today as Finland served as a battlefield for Russian-Swedish conflicts for centuries, and fell in 1809 into Russian hands in Europe’s Napoleonic Wars after 700 years of Swedish rule. Finnish neutrality key to Helsinki hosting US-Russia summit 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The legal concept of a force majeure is derived from the French Napoleonic Code. Hawaii’s volcanic eruption could stop a home sale. Read the fine print. 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Some bans on women’s work still in place in former colonies are remnants of the 1960 Spanish Civil Code, the Napoleonic Code or Commonwealth laws. Labour laws in 104 countries reserve some jobs for men only 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z He’s part Napoleonic wannabe, part Black Panther revivalist. The art of daily existence: Meleko Mokgosi's provocative show at the UCLA Fowler Museum 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Emmanuel Macron achieved his success in France because he played up to a Napoleonic image. We have seen the future and it twerks 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z One of the more remarkable objects she has borrowed to show in Nottingham is a one-handed flute, made for a musician who lost an arm and a leg in the Napoleonic wars. 'Do you have any ectoplasm? Is it vaginal?' The return of punk artist Linder 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Lord Wilson wrote four memos on how to get the best out of the government machine, including advice to avoid following the "Napoleonic model of government". Life inside No 10 Downing Street 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Wages had halved since the end of the Napoleonic war: 12 shillings a week for 16-hour days, if you could get the work; a decade earlier, it had been 21 shillings a week. The bloody clash that changed Britain 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z It fell into Russian hands in 1809 after Europe’s Napoleonic wars, though it was allowed to develop as an autonomous part of the Czarist empire until 1917. 101-year-old Olympian’s life tells story of Finnish century 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Perhaps the first recognisably modern property registry was in Napoleonic France. Could giving property rights to the poor unlock trillions? 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z The claim: Pay this decade is growing at its slowest rate since Napoleonic times. Reality Check: Is pay growth the worst since Napoleon? 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Labour says living standards haven’t fallen so far since Napoleonic times; Johnson says not since the 1750s, with productivity the worst ever recorded. Corbyn is a changed man – and he’s forging a path to power | Polly Toynbee 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z One stormy day during the Napoleonic Wars, a French ship was wrecked off the coast of an old fishing village clinging to the north-east coast of England. Was a monkey really hanged in Hartlepool? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Ritu Vohora, investment director at M&G Investments, said: "Jane Austen lived through the Napoleonic Wars, yet despite all the political upheaval - cash remained king." Jane Austen £10 note enters circulation 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z His Napoleonic Code defined civil law across large parts of the world, introduced higher education, tax, road and sewer systems and he set up the Banque de France. Cruel despot or wise reformer? Napoleon’s two faces go on view 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z The claim that pay growth in the UK is at its worst since Napoleonic times was originally made by the the Resolution Foundation. Reality Check: Is pay growth the worst since Napoleon? 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z It is not clear whether this reflects a higher prevalence of mental illness among women at the time or their perceived inferior position in those societies, dating from the Napoleonic Code of 1804. Brain surgery: Most lobotomies were done on women : Nature : Nature Research 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Travel remained restricted during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars but was increasingly possible in the 19th century, as steam ship and tourist routes opened up. Heavenly influence: how an eclipse affects events on Earth | Rebekah Higgitt 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The long epoch of the Jacobin, the centralizing and controlling hand of Paris in the grit of France’s economic life — present since the Napoleonic era — will be unraveled if Mr. Macron gets his way. Macron Takes On France’s Labor Code, 100 Years in the Making 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Lawmakers of the far-left said that they would boycott the event as some accuse Mr. Macron of aspiring to Napoleonic grandeur. G-20, Emmanuel Macron, Turkey: Your Monday Briefing 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z The metropolis had been remodeled in the wake of victory in the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, made into a city worthy of the vast spread of territories it now controlled across the globe. What Charles Darwin Saw at the Zoo 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z A network of informers left over from the Napoleonic wars now worked against political groups - some peaceful, some not - creating an atmosphere of insecurity and paranoia. Spies, lies and fake news - England's 'last revolution' - BBC News 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z After the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars, Europe was given a new order of nation states under the Treaty of Vienna, signed in 1815. I Survived World War II. Nationalism Is a Path to War 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The most candidly intolerant president in history set out Friday on a Napoleonic expedition not to conquer the world but to advance a cause he apparently embraced yesterday. Opinion | One thing Trump and the Pope have in common 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z But his reputation dwindled with later military setbacks, exacerbated by his Napoleonic grandiosity. New Orleans Removes Beauregard Statue, and Subdued Crowds Look On 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z France’s newly inaugurated paying tribute at the tomb of the unknown soldier beneath the Napoleonic triumphal arch in a highly symbolic ceremony. The Latest: France’s new president visits military hospital 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Britain's armed forces are now at their smallest since the Napoleonic wars. Five questions on defence spending that won't go away - BBC News 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Britain occupied Heligoland in the Napoleonic period as part of its complex manoeuvrings to deny the French leader the support of the navies of Scandinavia as he took over huge parts of Europe. Britain's 'big bang' in Heligoland, 70 years on - BBC News 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z He lived in turbulent times, marked by the Seven Years War, the War of American Independence and the Napoleonic Wars. Medical history: A surgeon for all seasons : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The Napoleonic wars saw an upsurge in smuggling, but after 1815 with the Royal Navy in undisputed command of the sea, its days were numbered. Would you risk jail for a cup of tea? - BBC News 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Steam power, the end of the Napoleonic wars and the subsequent era of peace cut the costs of moving goods internationally. Will globalisation take away your job? - BBC News 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Through the years, Allan amassed thousands of miniature soldiers, many of which are from the Napoleonic era. Locals build dioramas to illustrate Revolutionary War era 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Thus the British found themselves with a handy naval base that guarded the entrance to the port of Hamburg and allowed it to slip secret agents freely into Napoleonic Europe. Britain's 'big bang' in Heligoland, 70 years on - BBC News 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z I head into the nearby Nelson Monument, built to honor the legendary admiral who lost his life at the Battle of Trafalgar during the same Napoleonic wars. TRAVEL: Edinburgh gives visitor experience of Scottish capital with whisky, history, food 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Leo Tolstoy depicted a generation of young Russians trying to make sense of the Napoleonic wars, while Charles Dickens showed the bleak reality of what it meant to be poor in Victorian England. In hard times, reading fiction reminds us we are human in a way Twitter never can | Hope Whitmore 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z As a teenager, he developed a particular passion for the Napoleonic Wars. Bernard Cornwell: Bringing History to Life 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z In 1993 France abolished a Napoleonic law that limited parents' name choices for their children. Austrian man wins right to take family name Zebra - BBC News 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Sweden’s neutrality traces back to the 19th-century Napoleonic Wars, when the Nordic country lost Finland to Russia. Sweden Draws Closer to NATO as Russia Tensions Rise 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z After the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, industrial Britain had acquired a technological lead in several sectors, which lasted until 1870 at least and, in some sectors, much longer. How the 'Jungle' Migrant Camp Fits Into the History of Calais 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The story of two rival magicians at the height of the Napoleonic War is a wonderful adaptation and intense story of magic and power in England. 10 shows to binge watch during your long holiday weekend 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z The recipients: the family of Admiral Nelson, Britain’s greatest naval hero who repulsed a French invasion during the Napoleonic Wars. A Mansion Befitting Britain’s Admiral Nelson 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z “Thanks to Napoleonic law,” she said, referencing the 19th-century inheritance law that calls for equal distribution among heirs. Albariño: A Taste of Coastal Spain in a Wine Glass 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Altrad is all too aware of France’s Napoleonic folly—the urge to create a new agency or pass a new law to deal with every problem. The Bedouin Billionaire for Muslim Integration 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Such schemes are not new—in the Napoleonic wars sailors were remunerated if they captured an enemy ship—but the government is now using them more widely, including in welfare, housing and criminal justice. Pay up 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Britain first levied income tax during the Napoleonic wars; other countries instituted it during the arms race before the first world war. Tales from Silicon wadi 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z "There was economic dislocation after the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the introduction of the Corn Laws in 1815, which increased taxation on wheat," he said. Littleport's hunger riots: Descendants mark 200th anniversary - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z A small town in Belgium that spent a century living outside the map of Europe's great power system celebrates the 200th anniversary of the quirky autonomy it secured in the wake of the Napoleonic wars. Europe's neutral anomaly fetes 200 years beyond borders 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z A handwritten journal found buried in an Australian bookshop is believed to be a prominent soldier's diary from the Napoleonic wars, writes Paul Carter. Napoleonic 'treasure' unearthed in Tasmanian bookshop - BBC News 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z His setback, in short, does not look Napoleonic. Donald downed? 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z She transports the reader from the Napoleonic campaigns that stocked the Louvre in Paris with Egyptian treasures to British imperialists funnelling global booty to London's British Museum. Museums: Ethics of exhibition : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z “He makes and paints by hand Napoleonic figurines for dioramas that are from historical settings,” says Bobeda. Nerdette: the podcast that's a brazen celebration of geekdom 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z During the Napoleonic Wars, so-called “powder monkeys,” some as young as ten, helped arm cannons for the British Navy. General Butt Naked, the Repentant Warlord 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Their instinct would be to turn to a male author on the Napoleonic wars or early 20th-century economic policy. ‘Big books by blokes about battles’: Why is history still written mainly by men? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Hearst evinced all those attributes of Napoleonic command, certitude, and delusion that Trump is famous for. The genie grown monstrous: How Donald Trump, the all-American Frankenstein, devoured the GOP 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z West is an enthusiastic collector of Napoleonic memorabilia and his office houses musket balls, tunic buttons and hat badges salvaged from the nearby battlefield at Waterloo. ‘Trident is old technology’: the brave new world of cyber warfare 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Folklore says a French ship was wrecked off Hartlepool in the Napoleonic Wars. Barsik the Cat and other political animals - BBC News 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The driver then quizzed me on club nicknames and their origins, which led to an esoteric crash course in English history, from Harry Hotspur to the Napoleonic Wars to the industrial revolution. Joys and surprises of watching Liverpool and Arsenal in Ethiopia (for 45p) | Jonathan Wilson 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Next on their list are more Roman Londoners, then a group of Napoleonic soldiers and marines that were buried in Greenwich, followed by a group of medieval monks. DNA study finds London was ethnically diverse from start - BBC News 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z We bought the Louisiana Territory during the Napoleonic Era from France and stood by that country in two world wars in the 20th century. Editorials from around New York 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z A Napoleonic jail might seem like an unlikely attraction but Dartmoor Prison in Devon, and its nearby museum, has made a name for itself as a place to visit. What is it like to have a prison in your town? - BBC News 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z “He’s written several books about King Arthur and the Holy Grail, the Saxons, the Viking invasion, the Napoleonic Wars,” Luck told The Star. The Andrew Luck Book Club 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Hudson fought in the Napoleonic Wars, and later became a successful tobacconist with a shop in London's Oxford Street. The stone dinosaurs and other treasures in danger - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Carnot was convinced that this new technology was a critical factor in Britain’s defeat of France in the Napoleonic wars, and he wanted to ensure that his countrymen could gain the same technological mastery. The Power Revolutions 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z But as a theory of Republican politics, it’s sort of like attempts to attribute the Napoleonic Wars to Bonaparte’s shame over his small stature. Donald Trump is the last whimper of the angry white man: What’s really behind his stubborn lead 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Jeb Bush, perhaps aware that comparing America to Napoleonic France is a bad idea, derided the agreement as “appeasement.” Iran Is Not Nazi Germany And Mark Steyn Is Not Winston Churchill 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Before a training camp practice in August, when players say chitchat is at its highest, Luck asked a group of teammates what, exactly, they knew about the Napoleonic wars. The Andrew Luck Book Club 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Meanwhile the company is expanding, perhaps Napoleonically, on multiple fronts. Apple leaves Wall Street hungry for more – can it deliver? 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z In March 1814, the Battle of Paris saw the defeat of the Napoleonic troops and Prussian forces storming the capital city. Dirty boulevard: why Paris's ring road is a major block on the city's grand plans 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Following the expansion of the Napoleonic Empire economic, warfare spread to the high seas, harbors and marketplaces across Europe and the Atlantic. We’re Remembering Napoleon’s Failure at Waterloo this Week. Here’s Another 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z With war disrupting European industry, demand for American products increased massively during the Napoleonic Wars, with its neutrality allowing it to sell to both sides. 7 Reasons Why The Battle of Waterloo is Still Important 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Queen Elizabeth will be represented by by her cousin the Duke of Kent, and senior officials from the EU are expected, though none from Russia or Austria, the other allies against Napoleonic France. Europe unites for bicentenary of battle that made Napoleon history 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z This vision underpinned the expansion of French power in Europe during the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. From Left Bank to left behind: where have the great French thinkers gone? 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Contrary to the way it is described in most history books, the Battle of Waterloo did not mark the end of the first “total war,” as the revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars have been termed. Why It’s Time to Remember Waterloo for a Different Reason 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The gold-encrusted pistols feature Napoleonic symbols such as the imperial eagle and the iron crown of Italy. Napoleon's last gift to son could sell for more than £1m - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Busts of the Emperor, and what one of the Iron Duke’s successors called a “|plethora of Napoleonic bric-a-brac”, were much more in evidence and popular than memorabilia associated with Wellington. Waterloo: A German victory? 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z He started getting interested in video games when he was 14, because that’s how he keeps in touch with his cousin in Europe – through a multiplayer game about the Napoleonic wars. Screen time v play time: what tech leaders won't let their own kids do 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z And he knows how to tell a story, a skill demonstrated repeatedly in his wonderful Sharpe novels about the Napoleonic Wars. Details of Waterloo: Scenes of fighting, cooking and scavenging 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The museum says it hopes the reward will help it recover the Napoleonic finial - one of the least recognizable of 13 works stolen by thieves posing as police officers. Boston art museum offers new $100K reward for stolen item 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z In the ring, Pacquiao, an avatar of speed and power combined into unremitting attack, exemplifies the Napoleonic principle of coup de main, the bold, decisive strike. The Inevitable Spectacle of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z It was introduced during the Napoleonic wars and some of its regulations are indeed mysterious and open to abuse. All must pay 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The latter reigned in the chaos of a generation of revolution and Napoleonic expansion and bought a century of peace. The Iran Nuclear Deal Is a Reason to Be Hopeful 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The oldest and most expensive conversation piece is a 201-year-old ship model built by French prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars as a way to pass time. Hot Springs Magician has museum of oddites 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Dear three pregnant dads, First, a question: Am I the only person who thinks there is something Napoleonic about your quest? The Sensitive-Dad Revolution 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Vienna – capital of the Habsburgs for seven hundred years, is more traditional and is keyed to monarchs, specifically, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Kaiser Franz Josef, the early and mid-nineteenth. The Ultimate Habsburg Romance: Your Own Coach and Horses in Vienna 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Once he became president in 1801, Jefferson pushed for retrenchment despite the ongoing global war between Great Britain and Napoleonic France. Blessing Or Curse? The National Debt From The Founding Fathers To The Age Of Jackson 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z It has a republican constitution, which blends Napoleonic laws from France and Belgium with Islamic law, although its human rights violations, economic corruption and social discrimination are well documented by international watchdogs. Islamic Republic of Iran or Islamic State: What's the Difference? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z After more than two decades of war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, it was time for the victorious allied sovereigns, their ministers and generals to kick back and enjoy themselves. 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Congress of Vienna that Influence Us Today 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z This process was further exacerbated by the Napoleonic Wars. France Failed Its Cultural Diversity Policy 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Among the finest, most collectible ship models in the world are those made from bone by French sailors who were captured by the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Prison inmates are known for their homemade shivs. But some make pretty cool works of art, too. 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z War of 1812 was fought to win greater respect for American rights at sea, which the British routinely violated in their search for victory against France in the Napoleonic Wars. 200 Years Ago Today, the Battle of New Orleans Redefined America 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z He put in command his younger brother Raúl, a cruel, despotic little man with distinct Napoleonic tendencies. Quora Question: Fighting With—and Against—Castro and Che Other, more outward-bending crises—the Napoleonic campaigns, the two World Wars, the battle for Algeria—made as much noise and cost far more lives, but they now belong to the settled, archival past. Fighting Over the Paris Commune | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The problem was a little provision in the Civil Code of 1804, known as the French Napoleonic code, which set the rules for passing on inheritance. France Failed Its Cultural Diversity Policy 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Williams described his fellow former mayor as a “Napoleonic figure” who “had his detractors, but he had his admirers.” Citizens and civic leaders turn out to remember former mayor Marion Barry It was a time of international conflict - a Napoleonic war was raging. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z The hat’s sale on Sunday made it one of the most expensive Napoleonic objects ever sold. In New Napoleonic Era, His Hats and Stockings Rise to Power 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z The hat is part of a Napoleonic collection belonging to Monaco’s royal family, which is distantly related to him. Historic Haberdashery: Napoleon's Hat for Sale 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Jefferson’s handwritten letters touch on important issues of the day including the Louisiana Purchase, the first steam engine and the Napoleonic Wars. Rare Jefferson letters featured at NYC museum 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z They started mapping the southeast to help with the defence plans against Napoleonic France. Why do people love Ordnance Survey maps? 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The true Napoleonic moment is when age and circumstances conspire to remind the short man of his stature. Why short men make better husbands 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z There were about 4,500 of them — hardened fighters fresh from the Napoleonic wars. D.C.’s darkest day, a war that no one remembers Both burgeoned exponentially between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the beginning of the Great War. Economic Consequences of the Great War 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Monday’s course route notably bypassed Trafalgar Square, whose landmark Nelson’s Column commemorates a British hero of the Napoleonic Wars. Marcel Kittel Wins Stage 3 of Tour de France in London 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z A century later, “By the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, Great Britain emerged indisputably as the world’s major power and global center of innovation.” Linking The Dollar To Gold: Completing The Recipe For Restoring An Economic Boom For America 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z In his 1957 book “A World Restored,” he recounted the diplomacy that reconstructed a stable Europe at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, following the ruinous Napoleonic Wars that capped the French Revolution. Piecing together the shattering Middle East Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, written during the Napoleonic wars, completes the program. Religion events from around the Washington area To rush ahead and advance is very much the Napoleonic approach to battle. "Gaia Hypothesis" Originator James Lovelock Reflects on His Career 2014-04-09T16:30:00Z But after the Napoleonic War it popped up in a Yorkshire mansion called Rokeby, before eventually ending up at the National Gallery. The painting that shocked a suffragette 2014-03-10T10:21:06Z Defence installations on the point date back to the Napoleonic Wars, with a gun battery and associated barracks established there in about 1805. WW1 defences being destroyed by sea 2014-02-28T06:07:57Z George III was on the throne, Lord Liverpool was prime minister and the Napoleonic wars would soon be won. When an elephant walked on the frozen River Thames 2014-01-28T00:43:48Z Through the Napoleonic Wars, naval vessels were powered by wind, were made of wood, and fired muzzle-loading smooth-bore cannons maneuvered on carriages. The invention of the military-industrial complex 2014-01-26T14:30:00Z “I’m sure we’re the only punk band in history with a song about the Napoleonic wars,” Parker said. Academic from D.C. who loved adventure was among casualties in Kabul suicide attack 2014-01-23T01:39:40Z The Netherlands is one of the countries whose justice systems were shaped by the Napoleonic Code. Inching closer towards a science base for justice 2014-01-13T15:45:35.265Z It is not known whether the beer was brewed using an authentically Napoleonic recipe. In pictures: Battle of the Nations 2013-10-20T13:31:38Z Children get their faces painted by Pictish women while people queuing at an ice cream van watch soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars drill in the fort's parade ground. Living history: People re-creating Scotland's past 2013-09-23T00:10:11Z And the massive economic impact of the Napoleonic Wars—where, due to naval warfare, exporters suffered and imports were more expensive—gradually wore off. Economic history: Did living standards improve during the Industrial Revolution? 2013-09-13T13:43:29Z Cuts of at least 20,000 jobs in the British army will eventually bring it down to 82,000 - a level one British lawmaker said was the lowest since the Napoleonic Wars. Britain is a more modest military power, new defense chief says 2013-08-22T11:47:33Z All seek to recreate real-life situations, from refighting the Napoleonic Wars to replaying a Formula 1 Grand Prix race in Monaco. 3 Juicy Leadership Lessons From... Boardgames? 2013-07-31T14:57:00Z Walking around Paris’ Belleville neighborhood, one sees a very different side of the City of Lights: gone are the glitzy buildings, the Napoleonic architecture and the well-dressed Parisians. Seeking Belleville's Sex Workers 2013-07-31T08:45:00Z Trafalgar Square takes its name from the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, one of Britain's most significant naval victories in the Napoleonic Wars. wrote to Westminster Council in protest, branding the sculpture "totally inappropriate". Cockerel unveiled on Fourth Plinth 2013-07-25T10:27:27Z He told reporters that Bill Gates had “a Napoleonic concept of himself,” and compared Microsoft’s declaration of innocence to the protestations of gangland killers. Thomas Penfield Jackson, Outspoken Judge, Dies at 76 2013-06-15T22:49:45Z Therein lies the danger, there is something Napoleonic about it all. WPP: Big is beautiful at Sorrell's marketing group – but for how long? 2013-05-05T17:30:01Z Britain’s debt was well over 200 percent of GDP after the Napoleonic Wars, on the eve of the Industrial Revolution. Austerity never works: Deficit hawks are amoral — and wrong 2013-05-05T16:00:00Z It meant, she says, the British and French were not only competing at sea and on land in the Napoleonic wars, but also vying to come up with a miracle food. The story of how the tin can nearly wasn't 2013-04-21T15:03:28Z She had to go through two weddings, separately required by the Napoleonic Code of Monaco and the laws of the Roman Catholic Church…. 57 Years Ago: The Wedding of Century 2013-04-18T07:30:00Z That made for a crisis just as a series of key 200th anniversaries of Napoleonic battles were looming. Complex Napoleon Rivalry Heads for Its Waterloo 2013-04-08T02:36:02Z The younger brother, Ben, expanded their International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, in their home town of Montreal, into a hugely profitable outfit and also became a philanthropist and renowned Napoleonic scholar. Joe Weider 2013-03-25T15:43:35Z During the Napoleonic wars the population of some continental cities was forced to consume the only available meat around as they were besieged and starving. No horsemeat please, we're British 2013-02-08T15:59:42Z They remained in use at the battlefields of the Seven Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War and the two World Wars. Russia Army to Retire Czarist-Era Wraps 2013-01-15T03:38:04Z In the wake of the Napoleonic Wars, the French Imperial Guard stopped at nothing to make sure the British would not get their hands on their most prized military possessions. Is the era of the war trophy over? 2012-11-30T01:02:09Z The 43-year-old sees no problem with foreigners holding key Napoleonic roles. Complex Napoleon Rivalry Heads for Its Waterloo 2013-04-08T02:36:02Z During the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s the British blockaded France's trade routes with the Caribbean, leaving the country with low supplies of sugar. How we became addicted to sugar 2012-11-26T10:02:01Z Plumb locations already put up for offer include a Napoleonic fortress in Liguria and an abandoned mining village on the Mediterranean island of Elba. European castles for sale 2012-08-21T14:55:00Z I wondered if any of Leipzig's lindens bore Napoleonic soldiers' names. At War Blog: In Troop Travel Limbo, Mesmerized by the Writing on the Walls 2012-07-20T18:00:44Z Guernsey's Napoleonic gun echoes the eight centuries during which France was frequently the enemy. Olympic torch route, day 58: people of the sea gear up for another carnival 2012-07-15T05:00:01Z But the Napoleonic moment is the latest announcement of the Nexus 7. Google's Napoleonic Moment 2012-07-09T13:08:30Z The Bourbons would wear the Spanish crown by fits and starts and several stops across three centuries, through civil wars, Napoleonic invasion and Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Beyond Soccer: The Poignance and Royalty of Spain's Soft Power 2012-07-05T22:05:27Z The David-and-Goliath match was a sideshow to the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, where the main antagonists were France and Britain. Washington museum shows War of 1812 not just "Star-Spangled Banner" 2012-07-01T11:00:58Z Some historians characterize it as a second chapter in the U.S.’s struggle for independence; others say it was a footnote to the great Napoleonic wars taking place on the other side of the Atlantic. The War of 1812: When the U.S. Invaded Canada -- and Failed 2012-06-18T21:35:16Z Its cannon will boom out to join the festivities, the Napoleonic gun and its gunners in scarlet echoing the eight centuries during which France was frequently the enemy. Olympic torch route, day 58: people of the sea gear up for another carnival 2012-07-15T05:00:01Z After the loss, King Carlos IV joined the Napoleonic Wars, fighting against Britain, a decision with disastrous consequences for Spain. Odyssey and the Lost Spanish Treasure 2012-06-07T22:20:33Z Then he ran downstairs, two steps at a time, and swaggered here and there between the counters to impress the assistants with his hustlingly Napoleonic air. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z His son Gilbert was prominent during the Napoleonic wars for seeing that his tenantry kept a lookout for Bonaparte; and by putting down smuggling he performed a vicarious penance for the deeds of his ancestors. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z With the Napoleonic wars raging across Europe, the British navy had taken to shanghaiing Americans in foreign ports and at sea to fill out its wartime fleets. The War of 1812: When the U.S. Invaded Canada -- and Failed 2012-06-18T21:35:16Z It should, of course be remembered that the tremendous strife of the Napoleonic Wars was engrossing the attention of European nations during that time. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Indeed, she is said to have angled with Napoleonic strategy for that same offer, and to have won it only after a sharp struggle of wits. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Instantly he dismissed his attendants, put his finger to his forehead, and sat down to draw a map of the campaign in the genuine Napoleonic manner. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z The French, in the Napoleonic invasion, destroyed the whole northwest quarter of the town to make fortifications, undoing in a few brutal hours the work of centuries of culture and piety. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z During the 17th and 18th centuries and during the period of the Napoleonic wars the history of these lands was very similar to that of the other small estates of Germany. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He has a way of brushing aside obstacles which can only be described as Napoleonic. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z At the close of the Napoleonic Wars he had returned to his studies in Berlin, and thereafter was arrested several times for his outspoken liberal views. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z The period was one when the thoughts of all men were turned to the Napoleonic wars. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z The Civil War brought into existence new techniques of killing even as generals followed the tactics of the Napoleonic wars. Technology and mayhem 2012-03-02T18:31:00Z The Napoleonic wars, as is well known, largely contributed in their successive incidents to the earlier fortunes of the family. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z He spoke with Napoleonic curtness, and rode on, leaving the man, amazed and jubilant, to calculate his gains. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The most menacing condition exists in France, where, I am of opinion, Boulanger will gain the presidency before many months and from that time perhaps try to tread in the footprints of his Napoleonic ideal. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Not alone were the Napoleonic battles thus depicted, but also the great contests of which the boys had read or heard at school,—Thermopyl�, Marathon, Leuctra, Cann�, and Pharsalus. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z This has imparted to their consciousness as a master class a new "Napoleonic" trait. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z After the Napoleonic wars the British navy, like the British army, was greatly reduced. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z It would be a Napoleonic stroke--he would consider it. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Even the Battle of Waterloo, which ended Napoleonic rule, will be featured. Top 10 Weirdest Theme Parks: Welcome to Napoleonland! 2012-02-17T04:00:00Z N. of Huntingdon, on the Great North Road, marks the site of the place of confinement of several thousand French soldiers during the Napoleonic wars at the beginning of the 19th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Many of these towers were erected on the south coast of England during the Napoleonic wars to repel the expected invasion. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z When Browning was born, the first Napoleonic episode was nearing its close. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Perhaps not; but when the Napoleonic legend has been banished, what about the Napoleonic wars? The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z During the Napoleonic Wars England took all the French possessions in West Africa, but by the treaty of Paris of 1814 she handed back those in Senegal, save the Gambia. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The heroic, the Napoleonic, the Byronic attitude had somehow gone out of life. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z After the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, British control of the seas and the balance of great powers on the European continent provided relative security and stability. Why the World Needs America 2012-02-11T15:28:35Z Few men of the Napoleonic empire have been more generally admired and respected than Daru. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z After the Napoleonic Era, when Russia seemed to be the paramount power of Europe, she inevitably set herself to thwarting and checking Russia. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z And, inside the room, Death and the Napoleonic man with the black bag fought their "no-quarter" duel for the life of the still, little white figure in the great white bed. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Even while upon Napoleonic battle-fields, he felt a desire for the wilderness, and news of the victory of Waterloo reached him upon the far-distant rivers of Brazil. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z I congratulate you on the decision you so speedily took and, with your usual Napoleonic celerity when the surface of the globe is in question, so energetically acted upon. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The republics of Ragusa and Poglizza retained their independence, and Ragusa grew rich by its neutrality during the earlier Napoleonic wars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The eagle is basically the Napoleonic type adopted by the British after the Battle of Waterloo and altered by omitting the lightning in the talons and adding a wreath to the breast. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z It was a direct outcome of the Napoleonic wars. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The higher French dignitaries disappeared and their places were taken by Hollanders trained in the Napoleonic school. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z The Napoleonic principle of dividing your enemy's forces is just as valuable in naval as in land warfare. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z In more modern days its banks were the scenes of many bloody battles during the Napoleonic Wars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Figure 125 A tall, slender, rather graceless eagle with broad wings and erect head reminiscent of the Napoleonic eagle is the outstanding difference in this third example of the series. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z Three million men—the �lite of Europe—perished in the Napoleonic wars. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z They execute their duties in the most approved Napoleonic fashion. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z These circumstances make the modern convoy quite a different affair from the happy-go-lucky proceeding of the Napoleonic era. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z International incidents arising from the refusal of French captains to salute occurred until England relinquished her claim during the Napoleonic wars. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Some date from the Baroque and the Napoleonic eras. Janitor Discovers Fortune in Rare Coins in German Library 2012-01-08T05:45:00Z Many old feudal institutions and privileges which had survived the Napoleonic deluge were swept away, including a multitude of archaic courts and jurisdictions. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z It proved to be a concise little document, written with Napoleonic brevity. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z By the time of Queen Elizabeth the convoy had thus become the all-prevailing method of safeguarding merchant shipping, but it was in the Napoleonic wars that it had reached its greatest usefulness. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The time seems to be at hand when all Frenchmen who venture to challenge the Napoleonic ideas, will be banished their native country, nay, exiled from Europe. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Responsible of course to the elector, the Statthalter, aided by the privy council, conducted the internal affairs of the electorate, generally in a peaceful and satisfactory fashion, until the welter of the Napoleonic wars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z From the days of the Roman legions to those of the Napoleonic armies, he has withstood the onslaughts of every conqueror of Western Europe, unconquered and unchanged. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z The old administrative machinery of the Napoleonic empire was bodily taken over into the new state and was continued under the command of the Prince. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z This, however, cannot be said for the treaties of Paris and of Vienna, which in 1814 and 1815 arranged the map of Europe upon the conclusion of the Napoleonic wars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z At this point Stanley reveals one of his strongest characteristics, which we mentioned in the sketch of him at the beginning of the book—the Napoleonic quality of relying on himself. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z On the fall of the Empire he had better fortune than most of the Napoleonic officers who were turned ashore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The Napoleonic wars afforded English gunmakers an opportunity, which they fully utilized, of gaining the supremacy over their foreign competitors in the gunmaking trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The American Civil War was the most tremendous upheaval in the world after the Napoleonic period. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z She had at various times, both during and since the Napoleonic era, entertained designs upon peninsular Spain itself, and she had repeatedly made direct overtures for a protectorate over Cuba. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z He had but one object in view—to find Dr. Livingstone—and on the true Napoleonic system of selecting the best man to accomplish a single object, he, with Napoleonic sagacity, fixed on Stanley. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z It is possible to find analogies to it in Roman history, in the power of Caesar, or of the Caesars; in the despotisms of medieval Italy; or even in the Napoleonic empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In the mean time the Napoleonic era had passed away; the pope had returned to Rome. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The finest exponent of the patriotic style is undoubtedly the Rev. W. H. Fitchett, a distinguished colonial clergyman and historian of the Napoleonic wars. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z He came in now, with his light and jaunty step, bowing low, and smiling so that his white teeth shone under his Napoleonic moustache, carrying a large roll of paper in his hand. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z Distinguished officers of the Napoleonic wars came to the country to offer their military services. The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic 2011-11-24T03:00:43.903Z It is a rattling, riotous romance, placed in the troublous times of the Napoleonic wars. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z In the background stands a self-important eagle arrayed in the Napoleonic uniform and a biped lion dressed in a sack coat and an air of conscious superiority. Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z You aren’t allowed to do this in France or the other nations that took on the Napoleonic Code. Every Man a King? U.K.’s Better Off With Its Queens: A.A. Gill 2011-11-14T01:24:13Z "What we are creating here is the largest exporter of thermal coal to China," Rothschild, whose ancestors advised generations of European royalty and helped to bankroll Britain's war against Napoleonic France, declared at the time. Insight: Borneo mines lure Rothschild into the wild 2011-11-13T00:15:27Z After seeing the reviews of European armies, he became convinced that Paraguay could be made an efficient military power and that he himself might play a Napoleonic rôle in South America. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Jane Austen wrote her novels in the midst of the Napoleonic wars, yet I cannot recall one hint in them of that world-shaking event. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z It was not until after the restoration of Goree to her at the close of the Napoleonic wars that France evinced any marked interest in this region. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Small wonder that the news almost created a panic in the city, for the very names of the ships and regiments composing the expedition had become famous through their exploits in the Napoleonic wars. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z The naval history of the period is divided somewhat differently; the first period, treated below, is 1792-1799; for the second, 1799-1815, see Napoleonic Campaigns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z When Napoleonic misrule at last exasperated Germany into resistance, the seeds which French influence had sown had already taken firm root in the German soil. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z The time was in the later Napoleonic wars, when Spain was almost at the mercy of any despoiler. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z But great and dire events were impending in Napoleonic history. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z It appeared a small compensation that Great Britain surrendered to Germany the island of Heligoland, which she had Heligoland. taken from the Danes in the Napoleonic wars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z After a short respite Europe entered upon the Napoleonic Wars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It was to Napoleon that Daumier bitterly ascribed the misfortunes of La Patrie, and in these cartoons he lost no opportunity of attacking Napoleonic legend. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Roads.—The construction of good highways has been well attended to in Germany only since the Napoleonic wars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z The article in the Encyclop�dia Britannica was the work of an avowed enemy of the Napoleonic system, the editor of the Life and Times of Stein. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z But this was the very time when Europe, recovering from the losses of the Napoleonic Wars, began its unparalleled aggressions upon the Moslem East. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z But at the crisis the rough energetic warrior who despised “raisonneurs,” displayed generalship of the first order, and taking in hand all his scattered detachments, he manœuvred them in the Napoleonic fashion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z In times of great public excitement, as during the later years of the Napoleonic wars, such cartoons were bought up greedily, the City vying with the aristocratic West End in their patriotic demand for them. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z "But privateering," I suggested, remembering my father's long chat on what he rightly called "the most fascinating period of French history," "was a total failure during the Revolution and the Napoleonic wars." My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Napoleonic History.—May 20th.—Napoleon sails from Toulon for Egypt. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Early mornings were devoted to walking briskly up and down my room in various gaits—the sailor's roll, for instance, and the Napoleonic stride, and the deportment of various of my acquaintances. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z The interest of the campaign being above all Napoleonic, its moral must be found by discovering the “Napoleon touch” that differentiated it from other Revolutionary campaigns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z No period of the Napoleonic wars gave better opportunity for satire than Napoleon's disastrous occupation of Spain and his invasion of Portugal. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Perhaps it seemed poor fun after those scenes of the Napoleonic Invasion and the successive campaigns of the Peninsular War, which he remembered from his childhood. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z He imagined them fixing Puccini’s “Tosca” because the composer failed to provide much of a back story explaining her status in Roman society in Napoleonic times. Harvard’s ‘Porgy’ Brings McDonald Back To N.Y.: Jeremy Gerard 2011-09-01T23:22:02Z The ruthlessness of a Torquemada was directed by Napoleonic statecraft and brought down to date by the terrorism of a brow-beating counsel. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Once released from its trammels, the Napoleonic principle had fair play. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It would be idle to deny that for the purpose of spurring on public opinion, the Napoleonic cartoons exercised a potent influence. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Those were years of war and bloodshed, for, during his childhood, Spain was convulsed first by the throes of the Napoleonic invasion, and then by the successive campaigns of the Peninsular War. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z The Napoleonic harrow had indeed done its work; the seed was planted; and the crop would have surprised Napoleon. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z The true gold standard, in which gold coins circulated freely as legal tender, was started in Britain in 1717 and lasted for just under 200 years, interrupted only during the Napoleonic wars. Reuters Breakingviews: A Gold Standard Is Unthinkable No More 2011-08-16T00:12:03Z The spirit produced the form, and Lodi was the prototype of the Napoleonic battle—contact, manœuvre, preparation, and finally the well-timed, massed and unhesitating assault. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z An analysis of a few of the more striking cartoons will serve to close the survey of the Napoleonic period. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z The soldierly approach dates from Napoleonic times, when such forces browbeat conquered peasants into accepting the physical and symbolic power of the French state. New riot-control technology: The sound and the fury 2011-08-10T18:17:43Z After a long period of poverty and distress, caused by the Napoleonic wars, England, in 1824, experienced the special dangers of a time of rapidly increasing wealth. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z She has abandoned Napoleonic for the ancient Roman methods. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z The most important of these cessations—viz. the peace of 1801-1803—closes the “Revolutionary” and opens the “Napoleonic” era of land warfare, for which see Napoleonic Campaigns, Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Throughout the Napoleonic period England practically had a monopoly in caricature. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z But prize-fighting was part of the miasma the Napoleonic war had diffused in England. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Even so late as the Napoleonic wars its awfulness was blended with beauty. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z This leads to Napoleonic behaviors which are a combination of bombast and willful blindness to problems. Leadership: Where Does Charisma Come From? 2011-07-20T14:22:18Z P. Lanfrey devoted himself with extraordinary patience and acuteness to the destruction of the Napoleonic legend, and the setting of the character of Napoleon I. in a new, authentic and very far from favourable light. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z He could never have originated the Napoleonic revolution in journalism which Mr. Pulitzer's extraordinary genius wrought. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z It was "Napoleonic", he said, and warned of a "catastrophic" impact for some subjects. 'Choice narrowed' by English Bacc 2011-07-13T14:55:13Z In the wars between the English and the Scotch, several such cases were cited, and the Napoleonic wars also furnished examples. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z In 1854 the same obliging personage housed the Dickens family in another abode, at the top of the hill, close to the famous Napoleonic column; but in 1856 they came back to the Moulineaux. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Surely a more serious imitation of a Napoleonic attitude would have been more telling and more comic. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z |
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