2021: A year to rediscover Napoleon – Meanderings through France n° 220
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Whether we like him or not Napoleon surely leaves no-one indifferent. 2021 is the year of the 200th anniversary of his...
The “Invalides”, a witness of French history since 1670 – Meanderings through France n° 211
ByAnnick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny We all know the “Invalides” museum for being the place where Napoléon’s tomb is, but this huge place has much more to...
A city-break in Paris side by side with Napoleon
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny When Napoleon took power as France First Consul in 1799 he already knew that he wanted Paris to become the most beautiful...
Malta Diary; The ant sees off the elephant – in 1798 the Gozitans expelled Napoleon Bonaparte and the French and Gozo became ‘independent’!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Napoleon met his Waterloo on 18th June, 1815 – but well before that he met...
IN PRAISE OF BARON LARREY
BY WENDY HUGHES Next time you see an ambulance in the street, spare a thought for the person who developed the first effective ambulance, Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey, the greatest French...
The Waterloo Wounded.
The day after I saw the absolutely fantastic Battle of Waterloo 200th Anniversary Re-enactment, we visited a small town nearby called Braine-l’Alleud. In 1815, Braine-l’Alleud had a population of...
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Did the Weather affect the Results? 200 YEARS AGO TODAY!
The sun was shining as I gazed across the flat, neat farmland which was the site of The Battle of Waterloo. How different the weather was in 1815! 200...
WATERLOO. HOW DID IT FEEL WHEN WE WON THE WAR?
Gazing across the calm, colourful, cultivated flat Belgian landscape it’s impossible to picture the manic mayhem that was happening here 200 years ago! I would have been watching hundreds...
What’s up in Paris for Christmas and New Year holidays? – Meanderings through France
oues & Frederic de Poligny As we are nearing the heart of winter with its cold weather and days getting shorter it feels good to see Paris...