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Zamoyski, Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth (William Collins, 2018)
Royal Studies Journal, 2019 Review of Adam Zamoyski, Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth (London: William Collins, 2018).
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What are Little Boys Made Of, Made of? Victorian Art and the Formation of Gender [PDF]
, 2002 Given that educators increasingly have to integrate social and moral education within the general curriculum, this paper considers ways in which the visual arts may or may not be a useful resource for challenging the stereotypical preconceptions about ...
Addison, Nicholas
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The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction [PDF]
, 2013 Part of Oxford University Press' 'Very Short Introduction' series, this book aims to unpack the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars for readers. It discusses the causes of the conflict in the first chapter, provides an outline of the course of the ...
Rapport, M.
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Austrian History Yearbook, 2022 AbstractThe Battle of the Teutoburg Forest between the Germanic Cherusci chieftain Arminius, or Hermann, and the Roman armies under Varus (9 AD) had served as an analogy for German–French hereditary enmity since the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). This analogy was particularly popular during the Napoleonic Wars as it symbolized the unity, independence ...
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The Empress of the French. Iconography of Joséphine de Beauharnais [PDF]
, 2015 El 2 de diciembre de 1804, Josefina de Beauharnais (Martinica, 23 de junio de 1763 - Rueil-Malmaison, 29 de mayo de 1814), fue coro- nada como emperatriz de los franceses en la catedral de Notre-Dame.
Llácer Viel, Teresa
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Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn +2 more
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The Death of Malvina: Suicide, Gender and Nationalism in the French Reception of the Ossian Poems [PDF]
, 2019 This paper examines three different French translations of James Macpherson’s Poems of Ossian, those of Pierre Le Tourneur (1777), Antoine Vincent Arnault (1796), and Pierre Baour-Lormian (1801).
Goralka, Robin
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Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
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The Burlington Races Revisited: A Revised Analysis of an 1813 Naval Battle for Supremacy on Lake Ontario [PDF]
, 2012 From the safety of the Lake Ontario shore near Burlington, military and civilian observers witnessed the jockeying for position for many sailing vessels during the afternoon of Tuesday, September 28, 1813. They likened the event to a yacht race.
Williamson, Robert J.
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