Poland in the Age of Napoleon - Part 3: The Russian Tsar and the Polish Prince
This is the third part of a blog series looking into the experience of Poland during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Last...
Napoleonic Impressions — Statesmen
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Napoleon's Brothers - Part 1: Joseph Bonaparte
Over the next few months we are embarking on a blog series about Napoleon’s brothers. We start with Joseph, the eldest of...
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord - Part 2: Saviour of France?
In our last blog post, we offered an overview of Prince Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord’s extraordinary career in the service of successive governments...
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord - Part 1: The Great Survivor
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord was born in 1754 in Paris to a distinguished noble family. His father was lieutenant general in the...