The New Criterion2d
Lethière at the Clark
Those dates bracket many of the most transformative events of French history: the storming of the Bastille, the execution of ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
To Strike Fear Into Napoleon’s Occupying Army, These Retreating Soldiers Burned Down Their Own City
When the blaze in Moscow subsided on September 18, 1812, the French—who had traveled hundreds of miles into Russia—were left ...
collider2d
'Napoleon' Director's Cut Review: Ridley Scott's Expanded Epic Cements It as One of His Best
His early insistence that French art remains with the French people, rather than the Vatican, for example, foreshadows Napoleon's growing insistence that his will and authority are synonymous with ...
Archaeologists Explored the Site of Napoleon’s Final Battle—and Found a Shocking Pit of Bones
Waterloo Uncovered, “a UK charity that combines archaeology with veteran care,” found the most recent of those, CNN notes, at ...
Puzzling fossil discovery could reveal why Neanderthals disappeared
This week, uncover why Neanderthals may have disappeared, see an eel escape a predator’s stomach, explore an ancient ...
The Columbian6d
Check It Out: New appreciation for ‘poison pen’
The Washington Post recently ran an article about the University of Delaware’s Poison Book Project. The project is a research initiative to identify, handle and store toxic books safely. You can read ...