A magic day at Apsley House talking #Waterloo thank you to all who came to listen & thank you to our amazing presenters @zwhitehistory.bsky.social @graemecallister.bsky.social @lureynol.bsky.social & Michael Rayner for bringing their knowledge! #History #Napoleonic

Luke A.L. Reynolds @lureynol.bsky.social reviews 'Napoleon in British Culture, c.1815–1840', by James Gregory academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

Napoleon in British Culture, c.1815–1840, by James Gregory

James Gregory opens his monograph by explaining that it examines ‘Napoleon’s uses in British culture’ (p. 1) from 1815 until 1840. Not his effect on, not h

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Heritage 1815: a committee of Napoleonic historians working to safeguard the future of sites from the Waterloo campaign. Following news of the planned sale of Gemioncourt Farm & 8.5 hectares of land on the Quatre Bras battlefield, the committee has issued a statement 🧵1/

Our very own Luke Reynolds @lureynol.bsky.social will be speaking at University College Dublin later this month. Don’t miss your chance to come along and see him in person - if you bring a copy of his book he’ll insist on signing it for you too 😉

Want to hear these fabulous people speak? Well, you've just got to book for our Wellington Congress! buff.ly/4juc21N ‪@rmbhistory.bsky.social @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social @lureynol.bsky.social @1812andallthat.bsky.social @kevinlinch.bsky.social @caseshotpublish.bsky.social @zwhitehistory.bsky.social

When @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social invites you to a preview screening of “Invincible Season 3” but you’re on your phone so the email subject cuts off at “Invincible Seas” and you get really excited because you think there’s a new naval war film you somehow hadn’t heard about.

We’ve hit the incredible milestone of HALF A MILLION downloads on the Napoleonic Wars Podcast. Thank you to everyone who has joined us on the passionate deep-dives into all aspects of the period, and especially to our phenomenal guests. Be sure to follow us as aim for 1 million!

What was Christmas dinner like in the Napoleonic era? Rebecca Earle joins @lureynol.bsky.social & Josh Redeen to talk about when the Christmas dinner got invented & what you’d be eating in the festive period 200 years ago Christmas drink recipes are also shared. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

What was Christmas like in the Napoleonic era? In the 1st of 12 festive specials on @napwarspod.bsky.social our very own @lureynol.bsky.social answers important questions like ‘would Sharpe recognise an Argos catalogue’? (We might be dating ourselves a bit there!) open.spotify.com/episode/2XI9...

Booking remains open for our talk tonight, courtesy of @lureynol.bsky.social! my.demio.com/ref/zz3GI7PG...

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Don't miss our upcoming talk on the 19th Century Army on stage. Dr Luke Reynolds will be speaking to the Society on Monday 16 December. Register now: https://my.demio.com/ref/zz3GI7PGj2JbldH8

The Duke of Wellington's funeral took place #OnThisDay in 1852. A crowd of around 1.5 million watched the procession from St James Park, through Piccadilly, Pall Mall, Charing Cross, the Strand & on to St Paul’s, the first large-scale service under the dome

Death and commemoration of the Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, died on 14 September 1852, at Walmer Castle, Kent. He was regarded as one of one of Britain’s premier soldier, a reputation that was sealed by his defeat…

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The Lambs Will Host 150th Anniversary Gambol

The social club is celebrating its sesquicentennial with a banquet and an original musical comedy, written and directed by Maura Campbell (The Non-Essentials).

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Who will I be seeing in Denver for #NACBS2024 ? I will be speaking about hippodramas, to everyone’s shock and surprise.

I think the peer review process survives because the experience of staying up late to bang out a short assignment the night before it's due keeps academics feeling young.

For the entire month of December, the annual commemoration chapter of #WhoOwnedWaterloo is free to read on Oxford Academic. Happy advent to all who celebrate, and if you enjoy the chapter, check my feed for a discount code for the paperback. academic.oup.com/book/41868/c...

Today is the UK paperback publication day for Who Owned Waterloo! To celebrate (and mark the anniversary of the funeral of the Duke of Wellington) I sat down with @zwhitehistory.bsky.social to talk about Waterloo parties. Join us! anchor.fm/the-napoleon...

I know the study only covers three cities, but I have to salute the amount of shade Cambridge is throwing at its traditional rival with this sub-headline. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/medi...

I had enormous fun writing this piece for @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social about "Napoleon" Gomersal, the man who, for many Britons in the first half of the nineteenth century, was the Emperor. ageofrevolutions.com/2023/09/25/b...

Whoever thought that an argument I brainstormed in a Waterloo Live video about a horse would make it into the revisions for a chapter.

We're hiring up to four postdoc researchers to work on Written Worlds in 17th-century England at Birkbeck, led by Sue Wiseman (PI) and me (CI), focusing on #EarlyModern non-elite writers. £42K pro rata; 0.5FTE for 25 months, starting mid-Nov. Apply by 22 Oct: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

If you've been wanting to read (the award-winning) Who Owned Waterloo? but it was simply too expensive, good news! The paperback (£24.99, out November 18) is now available for preorder! Use code AAFLYG6 for 30% off. global.oup.com/academic/pro...