Laura O’Brien is a cultural historian of modern France, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Humanities at Northumbria University. She is currently working on a book about theatrical and cinematic representations of Napoleon.
The museum devoted to the history of the Paris is itself an important part of that history – so it’s a relief that so many of its quirks remain
The state has just shelled out €4million for the libertine’s most notorious work – how times have changed
Hanging a plastic skeleton of Napoleon’s favourite horse above his tomb may not be as wildly inappropriate as it seems