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Deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will go down in history for the wrong reasons | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn a warm but stormy summer Paris day in 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leader of the French...
‘Liberty Equality Fashion’ Review: Threads of Revolution
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBOOKSHELF In May 1794, at the height of the French Revolution, Térézia Cabarrus was sent to prison....
‘Napoleon’ biopic releases official trailer. What’s the story of Napoleon?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 10 months ago“Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow” by Adolph Northen. | Wikimedia Commons Known for playing Arthur...
On This Day, July 27: Truce ends Korean War
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA U.S. Marine orders captured North Korean soldiers to keep their hands up in 1950. On July 27, 1953, a truce officially ended the Korean War, which had...
Column: From BuzzFeed to Netflix, digital media promised revolution. And a bloody business it's been
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBuzzFeed News is the latest victim of a digital revolution that confused 'new' with 'sustainable.'...
Why France’s ‘mini-Macron’ may soon eclipse his master
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoLeaders who have left their mark on France mostly did so while young. From Joan of Arc to Napoleon...
From grain to gasoline: a brief world history of rationing
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThrough war, siege and social strife, rich and poor countries across the world have had a long and...
Europe's long and chequered history of rationing
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThrough war, siege and social strife, Europe has a long and often painful history of rationing everything from food to fuel and water, sometimes with...
William Watson: We should learn to see history as Europeans do, warts and all
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoEvery time I’m in Paris, as I was recently, I’m intrigued by the names of the subway stations. And...
Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’: Writer David Scarpa Explains What’s True and False
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNapoleon completists, beware. You will not see the entire story of the infamous Emperor of France in...