Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Napoleonic legacy is being used in complex and contradictory ways concerning dictatorship and war.
Napoleon Bonaparte still stirs endless discussion. In a book just published by Kite, Napoleon: ‘Malta or War’, Victor Aquilina unravels a chain of fast-moving events that pushed Malta into the ...
In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte sailed with a French army to Egypt. The plan was to conquer the wealthy Ottoman province and deal a major blow to British ...
It is hard to believe it was over Malta that Britain and France had gone to war again in 1803 after a peace deal that lasted only 14 months. Britain had fallen out with Napoleon over a number of key ...
Donald Trump has promised to settle the Ukraine war within 24 hours – and so many expect a difficult peace, a “dirty deal” ...
Passenger numbers have since picked up, and in 2023 almost 19 million people travelled by Eurostar. The company has responded ...
As American cities go, New Orleans is unique in so many ways, including its coffee culture -- and chicory is a major part of ...
In July 2015, my Budapest dwelling parents suggested we meet in Vienna for a family vacation − they took the train, my ...