This week marked the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. The epic clash saw the final defeat of the French emperor Napoleon, who, despite his supposedly "diminutive" stature, was a bogeyman for British children, a military genius for the ages, and a towering figure on the world stage. But after Waterloo, Napoleon was, well, cut to size. He […]
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