The bones of up to 10 soldiers killed at the Battle of Waterloo have been discovered - some in an attic in Belgium - the ...

His coronation in 1804 is depicted by Jacques-Louis David, who paints the Bonaparte in front of the altar in Notre Dame ...

One of the most important military arms ever made, the French "Charleville" musket saw use in the American Revolution and ...

Not all epic movies aim for realism, but some do succeed in achieving remarkable authenticity, including classics like ...

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Throughout history, some national leaders have died far from the soil they once ruled, never returning home even in death.

Who’s your fat friend?” demanded the Regency dandy Beau Brummell of Lord Moira when the pair ran into the notoriously obese ...

When cinema reaches for grandeur — sweeping historical settings, multi-decade timelines, or monumental human struggles — the ...

Upon returning home, we were greeted by the president encouraging our top generals to use American cities and citizens—“the enemy within”—for training.

Leading up to the U.S. election on Tuesday, popular polls wavered about who would win and by how much. In the span of a couple months, they shifted from a likely victory for Republican President ...

Has the prime minister finally seen the light and realized the U.S. president is not the enemy he made him out to be?

COLUMN. The story of the media mogul and the US president is linked to the Republican Party's recent evolution; it reveals a profound shift in the profile of US conservatism, writes Le Monde columnist ...