Plus whenever I visit someplace such as Waterloo or Austerlitz, I come away with postcards, more battle maps, and illustrated guides. The problem with many books about Napoleon is that they dwell ...
The Bills won 35-10. About 1,000 people took part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz to mark its 219th anniversary. In six hours on 2 December 1805, 75,000 soldiers of Napoleon's Grande ...
This is the sixth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time in worlds beyond the ...
Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, ...
Highlights include traveling to St. Helena by boat, standing amid the fog at the Battle of Austerlitz, and soaring above the Vendôme Column, which Napoleon had built as his very own Trajan Column ...
He frequently deviated from his prepared homily during Mass at the outdoor La Place d’Austerlitz ... and eventually defeated on the battlefield. Thousands packed the esplanade where Napoleon ...
Pope Francis, on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica, on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that distinguishes the Mediterranean ...
and the Place Vendôme Column (1806-1810), constructed to commemorate Napoleon’s victories in the Wars of the Third and Fourth coalitions and at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805). The column ...
He frequently deviated from his prepared homily during Mass at the outdoor La Place d’Austerlitz ... and eventually defeated on the battlefield. Thousands packed the esplanade where Napoleon ...