Napoleonic Wars

Bonaparte Crossing the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Napoleon Bonaparte: the rise and fall of a dictator

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte fleeing from the battlefield of Waterloo (18 June 1815) after his defeat by the British under Wellington and the Prussians commanded by Blucher. A print from 'Le Patriote Illustre'. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

What is the significance of Waterloo?

A portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) during the Napoleonic Wars. Although Waterloo was "undeniably the most pivotal battle of this campaign", it was not the final battle against France, says Jem Duducu. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Napoleonic Wars

HMS Portsmouth, Hampshire. (Getty Images)

History explorer HMS Victory and the Georgian navy

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history

Napoleon Bonaparte, published in London, 1909. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Napoleon Bonaparte: facts about his life, death and career

A British soldier uses a searchlight to spot German aircraft during the Second World War. Britain has lived with the fear of invasion for several centuries, a fact reflected in its architecture, its art and its people’s mental health. (Photo by David Savill/Getty Images)

The Library The island fortress fallacy

Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Rivoli

Napoleon Bonaparte’s greatest triumphs and disasters

Ironbridge over the river Severn in Telford, England. (Getty Images)

Industrial revolution

History explorer: The power of British iron

A general view at the press preview of the recently redeveloped National Army Museum, opening on the 30th March, on March 28, 2017 in London, England.

First World War

In pictures: soldiers’ items through history

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Bribes, gifts and scandal: 7 stories of corruption that shocked Britain

View of the Waterloo Gallery at Apsley House, London. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Library History explorer: the Napoleonic Wars

Portrait of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Q&A Who was the Grand Old Duke of York?

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

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Revealed: children’s diaries that chart WW2, life in Victorian Britain, and bed bugs during the Napoleonic Wars