Napoleon’s Wars: An International History, 1803–1815, by Charles Esdaile (Viking, 656 pp., $35) For all his renown, Napoleon Bonaparte remains an elusive figure with a contested legacy. Admirers view ...

Two centuries ago this week, a coalition of European forces defeated Napoleon in an epic battle outside the city of Brussels. The continent is united these days, but the Battle of Waterloo still has ...

In the wake of the bloody French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, Germaine de Staël kept the ideas of freedom alive at her ...

WATERLOO, Belgium (Reuters) - Kings and commoners gather at Waterloo this week to mark the battle's bicentenary in a show of European unity not seen for a major anniversary at the site since history ...

This course is available on the MA in Asian and International History (LSE and NUS), MA in Modern History, MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation, MSc in History of International Relations, MSc ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The brooch had been seized from Napoleon as he fled the Battle of Waterloo. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...