A review of Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East by Juan Cole. The forgotten reigns that followed Napoleon: A review of The Perilous Crown: France Between Revolutions 1814-1848 by Munro Price (and more). Here's a map of John Bull bombarding France with bum-boats. An interview with John V. C. Nye, author of War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900. From TLS, the thinginess of history: A review of Making History: Antiquaries in Britain 1707–2007. The first chapter form The Idea of Greater Britain: Empire and the Future of World Order, 1860-1900 by Duncan Bell. A review of Hubbub: Filth, Noise & Stench in England by Emily Cockayne and London: After a Fashion by Alistair O'Neill. The introduction to Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain by Michael Bentley. A review of The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon. The introduction to The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire by Jan Ruger. A review of A History of Modern Germany 1800-2000 by Martin Kitchen. A review of Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy by Eric D. Weitz. A review of The People's State: East German Society from Hitler to Honecker by Mary Fulbrook. An excerpt and a timeline from The Berlin Wall by Frederick Taylor.
