Those dates bracket many of the most transformative events of French history: the storming of the Bastille, the execution of ...

When the blaze in Moscow subsided on September 18, 1812, the French—who had traveled hundreds of miles into Russia—were left ...

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Photo: RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY Lethière was clearly an abolitionist ... So commanding a force was Lethière’ that ...

Rather than his military prowess or finely crafted weapons, it was Sikhism that sustained Ranjit Singh’s empire.

Visitors to the National Gallery of Art’s marquee exhibition, “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment,” encounter two very ...

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Artilleryman, strategist, statesman, legislator… One of the things that sets Napoleon Bonaparte apart from other military ...

I n the early 1960s, when the Cold War was at its hottest, the Soviet Union sought to prove its might over America's most ...

The Pursuit of Beauty’ chronicles Arikawa’s pursuit of jewels over four decades. It will launch September 18 at L’École, ...

If you ever find yourself watching a Coldplay gig, particularly in person, it’s just possible your eye might sometimes drift ...