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Soldiers of Rye marches north
Thirty three years! When you say it like that it's sounds like a very long time, which l suppose it is, but somehow it seems to have slipped by quickly! Soldiers of Rye started selling toy Soldiers all those years ago and from the beginning they found their way to...
The loss of the French Cavalry at Waterloo, Marshal Ney’s Blunder………Or Not?
This post concerns itself with one of Napoleon’s most famous Marshals. Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of the Moskova. There is a figure depicting Ney on the website, dressed as he would have been during the infamous Retreat from Russia in 1812. But this blog...

Winchelsea Wednesday Society – Napoleon and Josephine
Events: I have been delighted to accept an invitation to present a talk by the Winchelsea Wednesday Society on the 13th June 2018. The venue is the New Hall Winchelsea, (time to be specified). The subject will be, 'Napoleon and Josephine', and it will discuss their...

Rye Museum – Napoleon and the Jews – 14th June 2018
Events: I have been delighted to accept an invitation to present a talk, entitled 'Napoleon and the Jews', by the Rye Museum at the Lion Street, Rye, Museum Site on 14th June 2018, 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Napoleons attitude to minority peoples differed widely from...