This is “Napoleon Crossing the Alps”, which shows him looking determined and heroic on an upreared horse. When I showed my students the two pictures, I was suggesting how creative people of the ...

This is the fifth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time ...

In the V.R. experience “Napoleon, the Immersive Saga,” the Emperor himself takes visitors through some of his defining ...

To play the Waterloo Interactive Battle Simulator, you must first choose whether to play as Napoleon (French side) or as Wellington (Allied side). The computer will play as your opponent.

In Napoleon Symphony, the life of the French statesman was transformed into a virtuoso romp that still dazzles 50 years on. By John Banville A novelist’s name is writ in water, and come a drought may ...

From 23% less in the northern Alps to a decrease of almost 50% on the southwestern slopes: Between 1920 and 2020, snowfall across the entirety of the Alps has decreased on average by a significant ...

In 1811, Tsar Alexander I, supposedly allied with Napoleon, refused to be part of the continental blockade of British goods any longer. Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ...

There’s nothing like the Alps in the winter if you love a bit of snow. But if the prospect of strapping a couple of bits of wood to your feet and sliding down a hill doesn’t appeal ...

But scientists warn that ski holidays in the Alps could soon become a thing of the past. Scientists from Eurac Research found that snowfall plummeted by a third between 1920 and 2020. In some ...

We’re not gambling.” Even with that extra safety margin, though, he admits that crossing the Drake can be a hairy experience. “It can be very rough and very dangerous, so we take special car ...