by cameron | Jun 19, 2007 | Napoleon news
This story from the St Paul Tribune in Minnesota tells about a recent reenactment of the Battle Of Waterloo held on the site of the actual battle in Belgium: History buffs from Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Holland and elsewhere said the Waterloo commemoration is...
by cameron | Jun 11, 2007 | Napoleon news
The sword was carried by Napoleon — who was not yet emperor — into the battle of Marengo in June 1800, when he launched a surprise attack to push the Austrian army from Italy and seal France’s victory, sold Sunday for more than $6.4 million, an auction house...
by cameron | May 5, 2007 | Napoleon news
Mike reminds us that today, May 5, is the anniversary of Napoleon’s untimely death on St Helena in 1821 at the age of 52. Whether he died of natural causes or through the malfeasance of the Bourbons, we can be sure that he would have preferred to have met his...
by cameron | Apr 20, 2007 | General, Napoleon news
It’s almost enough to make me believe in God. A new Napoleon film comes out. And it stars Monica Belluci. What more could I ever ask for??? (Okay, apart from actually getting to meet Monica…). Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and...
by cameron | Apr 12, 2007 | Napoleon news
I was just reading this story about how His Imperial Highness Charles Napoleon, great-great-grandson of Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother Jerome, King of Westphalia, is standing for parliament in Fontainebleau. I had to smile at this line: Incredibly, Mr Napoleon is...
by cameron | Mar 18, 2007 | Napoleon news
My co-host, the right honourable J. David Markham, did an interview recently with a journalist from USA TODAY and as a result our little show got a small mention in a bigger article about podcasting. Of course, they named the show incorrectly and didn’t link to...
