Napoleon’s mighty empire was drained by a war he couldn’t win. Discover how the Peninsular War became his ultimate ‘bleeding ulcer’ and cost him 250,000 troops.

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

Through an analysis of both those areas directly incorporated into the Napoleonic empire and of those that lay beyond it, this course will examine the extent of the direct and indirect influence of ...