Bismarck and the Two Germanies Part I
Harold Kurtz offers the background to the Franco-Prussian War.
Harold Kurtz
Europe in the Caribbean, Part II: The Monarch of the West Indies
Harold Kurtz traces colonial influence from the days of Cromwell, to those of Napoleon.
Europe in the Caribbean, Part I: The Age of Catholic Kings
Harold Kurtz analyses Spanish predominance in the sixteenth-century West Indies.
Madame de Stael and the Duke of Wellington, 1814—1817
One of Napoleon's most prominent enemies among authors cast the Duke, during the Allied Occupation of Paris, in the role of Saviour of France. She was not much mistaken, writes Harold Kurtz.
The Tragedy of Marshal Ney, Part II
Harold Kurtz continues the story of France's Napoleonic traitor.
The Tragedy of Marshal Ney
Harold Kurtz describes how, ordered by Louis XVIII to arrest Napoleon on his return from Elba in 1815, Marshal Ney went over to his former master.