Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's astonishing return to power in France from exile on Elba in 1815 and how ...

An American war re-enactor earned the job of Napoleon for the 210th anniversary of the battle, despite his accent.

Destroyed in 1815, the Hougoumont estate is now emerging from a 10-year restoration project — but how can the gardens combine ...

This story accompanies the article about Lafayette200 events, "Marquis de Lafayette toured Lancaster 200 years ago." ...

PARIS — A massive trove of artwork and curios linked to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his iconic bicorne hats, has sold for more than US$10 million in Paris, an auction house said. Sotheby’s ...

A contents sale of a period home in south Dublin features a lifetime’s collection of antique furniture, oriental art, antique clocks and mirrors ...

Those who maintain that Britain is not a European country because it’s an island nation should reflect on how deeply ...

For over two centuries, the traditional regatta, held annually on the 8th of September in the Grand Harbour, has been an intensely and passionately contested competition between the Cottonera and ...

British Prince Edward will visit the site on Friday – two days after the 210th anniversary of the epoch-defining clash, which saw the Duke of Wellington’s allied forces vanquish Napoleon’s Grande ...

While half the ancestral house remains private, the ground and first floors are open to the public as a museum and art gallery. Run by English Heritage, the rooms showcase a veritable treasure trove ...

The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, was a decisive and bloody confrontation which concluded more than two decades of war in Europe, ushering in a new era of relative stability on the ...