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French Emperor Napoleon III’s Former London Home Just Hit the Market for $5.4 Million
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYou know a home is up to par when it has been lived in by a French emperor. Indeed, this newly...
Why historians believe Cinco de Mayo prevented the Confederacy's win in the Civil War
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrench Emperor Napoleon III had planned to trade weapons for cotton with Confederate states during...
The Monday After: Remembering Napoleans in the news
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe news reported in the Canton Repository And Republican 150 years ago was positioned less than prominently, when considering its subject's status in...
‘We admire his self-confidence’: what the French think about Napoleon
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNapoleon Bonaparte arrived on British and French screens once again on November 22, courtesy of Sir...
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ Review: Imperial Overreach
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF For the U.S., the 1840s were a decade of continental expansion. Texas was annexed in 1845...
World War I, France and the first Battle of the Marne
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFrench infantrymen bayonet charge. In the opening days of World War I in August 1914, French and...
How the English invented the myth of Napoleon
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months ago“Everything concerned with the late Emperor Napoleon belongs to British history”, claimed the catalogue entry for Napoleon’s carriage when it was...
This Low-key French Town Has Cool Hotels, Excellent Surfing, and Avant-garde Fashion — How to Plan...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIn Biarritz, old-school glamour meets shaggy surf culture and creates an irresistible mix. Ambroise...
France hurries to let New Caledonia vote in European elections after its deadly unrest. Few want to
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoDays after France lifted emergency measures in New Caledonia to quell the worst unrest in decades in...
Voices: The Top 10 royalty who became elected leaders
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJeremy Benson asked if there had ever been a Top 10 for which I had failed to receive enough valid...