Beethoven used the theme we have come to associate primarily with his Third Symphony no less than four times, starting with the seventh of his 12 unpublished “Contredanses” from 1800-02 and in the ...

Say you will believe me I can't take, my heart will break 'Cause I made a stupid mistake A stupid mistake – Gareth Gat ...

Napoleon crowned himself emperor on December 2, 1804, turning the French Republic into the French Empire, with a Bonaparte line of succession. He felt that this provision for continuity was ...

Dancoisne-Martineau has already guided us through Longwood’s famous gardens, designed and cultivated by Napoleon himself and bursting ... from the sea like a crown of thorns.

On a chilly night in December 1958, Yvon Durelle, known as “The Fighting Fisherman from Baie-Ste-Anne,” climbed into a boxing ...

From a turbulent childhood to a polyglot Renaissance ruler, Tatler celebrates the 65th birthday of King Philippe of Belgium ...

We reveal original designs and alternative plans for some iconic monuments, so you can imagine the world's cityscapes as they ...

Indian cinema continues to charm audiences all over the world, and a great number of amazing Indian movies have come out in ...

THE traditional conception of England among average Frenchmen is expressed in the words "perfidious Albion." Some years ago I made an effort to run down the source of the term. I failed. One meets it ...

Benedict III’s reign as Catholic Pope ends with his death 1397: Geoffrey Chaucer tells the “Canterbury Tales” for the ...

"Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General ...

Almost 4,000 years ago, an unknown scholar in ancient Mesopotamia wrote the first known book on a series of clay tablets. The ...