Women’s roles in Napoleon's Grande Armée, particularly that of the vivandières, became legendary and part of the army's lore.

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The First White Terror (1795) was a period of counter-revolutionary violence in France during the later stages of the French ...

Although geostrategic interests change throughout history, for many centuries, some alliances have defied the passage of time ...

You come to Nice for that beach life, the stunning medieval old town and some pretty delicious French ... She was the Empress of the French and the wife of Napoleon III. To this day, still serves as a ...