19th-century European history
A history of Napoleon’s marshals has all the dash and vigour of a cavalry charge
Andrew Roberts analyses the campaigns and battles, from Italy in 1796 to Waterloo in 1815
The unfairytale life of two European princesses
Wounded by their husbands’ infidelity and shattered by the deaths of their only sons, Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France defied court protocol in a bid for independence
The war that changed the map of Europe
Rachel Chrastil describes how Bismarck, relying on Gallic pride to provoke the war he wanted, ensured that France would fight without a single ally
