Napoleonic Era

Wellington’s victories over the forces of Napoleon were critical to Britain’s ascendancy to superpower status. Peter Snow wonders why such a thrilling period of history is too often neglected.

When Napoleon surrendered to a British naval captain after his defeat at Waterloo, the victors faced a judicial headache. Was St Helena Britain’s Guantanamo Bay?

Mark Bryant admires a Russian artist whose lampoons of Napoleon inspired some notable British caricaturists.

Graham Goodlad examines the controverisal reputation of Napoleon Bonaparte as a military commander.

The Emperor divorced his first wife on December 14th, 1809.

Mark Bryant looks at the lampooning of two hugely unpopular measures imposed during the administrations of two of the United States’ most distinguished presidents.

Matthew MacLachlan asks how far Napoleon defeated himself.

The British bombed the Danish capital for a second time, on September 2nd, 1807.

Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia signed a peace treaty on 7 July, 1807.

Serving general and military historian Jonathon Riley uses his personal knowledge of command to assess Napoleon’s qualities as a strategist, operational commander and battlefield tactician.