New This Month: February 2013

As well as pieces on Pope Benedict XVI and how a pope is elected, we're starting to round off our Napoleonic content with a look at the Napoleonic Code, how Napoleon managed to become an Emperor, two of his commanders in his stepson Eugène de Beauharnais and Michael Ney, and then an examination of the revolution in warfare in this era. Finally we look at one of the era's most fascinating figures, Talleyrand.