Years after Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette met their fates at the guillotine, Karl-Wilhelm Naundorff convinced members of the ...
Guy Mettan explained that the earliest fabricated document accusing Russia of seeking to conquer the West and establish European hegemony was the so-called last will and testament of Peter the Great ...
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How France got humiliated by Prussia in weeks
France entered the Franco Prussian War confident and unprepared. Prussia mobilized faster coordinated better and used diplomacy to isolate France while making it look like the aggressor. After early ...
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Napoleonic Wars Battle of Jena-Auerstedt 1806
Fresh from his great victory at Austerlitz, Napoleon's next campaign saw him take on Prussia in the autumn of 1806. Prussia's army had been feared throughout Europe since the days of Frederick the ...
The Sotheby’s event, Royal & Noble Jewels, concluded on 12 November. The headline piece was a circular brooch featuring a 13-carat oval diamond, surrounded by approximately 100 additional old-mine and ...
GENEVA — A diamond brooch that Napoleon lost while the French emperor and his forces were retreating from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 sold for approximately $4.4 million (more than 3.5 million ...
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