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I wonder how many of my Napoleonic friends know this... I just learned that in 2015 Belgium issued a €2.5 commemorative coin to mark the anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. They wanted it on their €2 coin but France vetoed that idea even after Belgium minted 180,000 of those coins (they
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I wonder how many of my Napoleonic friends know this... I just learned that in 2015 Belgium issued a €2.5 commemorative coin to mark the anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. They wanted it on their €2 coin but France vetoed that idea even after Belgium minted 180,000 of those coins (they
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This may be of interest to Napoleonic people. Our next online talk on 18 November at 7pm UK time. Register your interest by email to: [email protected]
Maj-Gen (Retd) Rui Moura will tell us about the services of Thomas William Stubbs.
Have a look at our other planned talks.
Maj-Gen (Retd) Rui Moura will tell us about the services of Thomas William Stubbs.
Have a look at our other planned talks.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This may be of interest to Napoleonic people. Our next online talk on 18 November at 7pm UK time. Register your interest by email to: [email protected]
Maj-Gen (Retd) Rui Moura will tell us about the services of Thomas William Stubbs.
Have a look at our other planned talks.
Maj-Gen (Retd) Rui Moura will tell us about the services of Thomas William Stubbs.
Have a look at our other planned talks.
This TACO thing is the gift that keeps on giving. . . . 🤣
May 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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“I was in love with the book. In pure, ignorant defiance of the decree of the Iowa Writing School that controls almost all modern fiction, Galt tells without showing.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin discusses John Galt’s 1821 novel ANNALS OF THE PARISH
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www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-john...
—Ursula K. Le Guin discusses John Galt’s 1821 novel ANNALS OF THE PARISH
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www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-john...
B-Sides: John Galt’s “Annals of the Parish” - Public Books
For 30 or 40 years a book has been lurking on my shelves, a beautiful little Everyman’s Library edition published by Dent and Dutton, undated, with red fake leather binding …
www.publicbooks.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“I was in love with the book. In pure, ignorant defiance of the decree of the Iowa Writing School that controls almost all modern fiction, Galt tells without showing.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin discusses John Galt’s 1821 novel ANNALS OF THE PARISH
2/6
www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-john...
—Ursula K. Le Guin discusses John Galt’s 1821 novel ANNALS OF THE PARISH
2/6
www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-john...
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It's fair to say that conscription in Napoleonic France caused problems.
But what we often forget is the problems that it caused between ordinary people - people who were desperate for themselves or their family not to be conscripted.
A quick story from the archives. 1/
But what we often forget is the problems that it caused between ordinary people - people who were desperate for themselves or their family not to be conscripted.
A quick story from the archives. 1/
February 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It's fair to say that conscription in Napoleonic France caused problems.
But what we often forget is the problems that it caused between ordinary people - people who were desperate for themselves or their family not to be conscripted.
A quick story from the archives. 1/
But what we often forget is the problems that it caused between ordinary people - people who were desperate for themselves or their family not to be conscripted.
A quick story from the archives. 1/