ET LA RÉPONSE EST… Pour une nouvelle, ce fut une bonne nouvelle : un document écrit de la main du roi d’Angleterre George III dans laquelle le souverain fait part de son intention de déclarer la…
Walter Runciman : Nelson and Caracciolo ép. 4
The most famous victim was Admiral Francesco Caracciolo who had in the past fought alongside the British during the American War of Independence, helped control the Barbary pirates, and later distinguished himself alongside Admiral Hotham…
Walter Runciman : Nelson and Caroline of Naples ép. 3
There was, of course, another woman in Nelson’s life – Caroline of Naples : « I declare to God, my whole study is how to best meet the approbation of the Queen »25. He was under Emma’s…
Walter Runciman : Nelson et Wellington ép. 2
There were clear similarities between the two great contemporary British commanders by land and sea : « The Duke of Wellington, of whom it is said no dose of flattery was too strong for him to…
Walter Runciman : Nelson et Napoléon ép. 1
« Napoleon, when at the height of his fame, was looked upon by the European Powers as a man whose lust for conquest was a terrible menace to all constituted authority. The oligarchies thought themselves bound…
Privilege – 3
In 1811 the first threatening letter signed by ‘General Ned Ludd’ was sent to employers in Nottingham. Wages had not only failed to rise in line with prices, they had been cut to ensure greater…
Privilege – 2
It is now time to look beneath the cloud and see how ordinary folk were living in Georgian England. The poor had very few choices to make and very little control over their own lives….
Privilege – 1
« Up to the treaty of Tilsit, the wars of France were essentially defensive ; for the bloody contest that wasted the continent so many years was not a struggle for pre-eminence between ambitious powers, not…