Calling themselves the Old Guard — get it? — they are the type of superheroic anti-heroes for whom ballads are written. Or ...

The Italian writer, once Mussolini’s pet propagandist and later a literary cult hero, was an unmatched chronicler of Europe’s ...

Tim Cook's book list includes picks like "I Am Malala" and Nike cofounder Phil Knight's memoir.

PARIS (AP) — After Hollywood’s “Napoleon” exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation, over 100 relics — which shaped ...

Sgt Lawrence served in South America and fought throughout the Napoleonic wars. During Waterloo, on 18 June 1815, his 40th Regiment of Foot was in the thick of the battle.

World’s first prisoner of war camp, used over 200 years ago, to open to public The site once held soldiers captured during the Napoleonic Wars Lily Shanagher Thursday 12 June 2025 00:02 BST 0 ...

Russell Crowe starred in a 2003 tactical war movie intended to start a new franchise, but despite 17 more books to adapt, it ended with just one release. The movie is Master and Commander: The Far ...

A new historical novel by an Alton author follows the fortunes of three men drawn together by the Napoleonic Wars. Glory Beckons, written by Jean Baveystock, focuses on a contrasting trio whose lives ...

In 1808, Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt against the French. At Bailén Napoleon's Empire suffered its ...

In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, but now they faced a ...

This is a story of justice and revenge when a ravaged soldier returns from the Napoleonic War - a contemporary examination of combat’s aftermath and its price for all involved.