Join Tom and Dominic for this next instalment on the Franks and the rise of Charlemagne.

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

The Spanish Empire collapsed like a house of cards after Spain was invaded by Napoleon Bonaparte’s armies in the early ... which helped cause a series of uprisings that ended with the abdication of ...

It offers insights into the country’s rich history, including a hunting room, library, apartments, the royal dining room, and a Hall of Honor built in the Napoleon III style. For a unique ...

It was only under Napoleon Bonaparte that political order was briefly restored ... Following the February Revolution of 1917, Nicholas II was forced to abdicate, and the Provisional Government was ...

Abdicated in 1654, converting to Catholicism and settling ... opted to adopt Frenchman Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844), a former general under Napoleon Bonaparte. Thus, his heir to the throne was ...

The London institution will host the first major presentation in almost 30 years dedicated to the French jeweller's designs ...

Demetrius Frazier, a poor Black man on Alabama’s death row, is scheduled to be tortured to death by being forced to breathe nitrogen gas through a bespoke gas mask on February 6. Understatedly ...

The problem we have—we who know any kind of state-killing is wrong, and especially a method where humans are gassed to death — is an abdication and a yawning vacuum of leadership.

Demetrius Frazier, a poor Black man on Alabama’s death row, is scheduled to be tortured to death by being forced to breathe nitrogen gas through a bespoke gas mask on February 6th. Understatedly ...