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A journal that appears to be from the Napoleonic Wars has been discovered in a Hobart second-hand shop buried among a pile of old books. The small journal was written by John Squire, a British army officer and royal engineer who served with the Duke of Wellington between 1810 and 1812 during the Peninsular War. Read more …
The History Council of Victoria is looking for presenters for its 2016 VCE History Roadshow. The program’s main aim is to provide curriculum enrichment for history students in Year 11 (Units 1 and 2) and Year 12 (Units 3 and 4). Curriculum areas are: Ancient History (with specialisations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece and Rome); Read more …
Philip Dwyer was shortlisted for the 2015 NSW Premier’s Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction for his book Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815 (Bloomsbury, 2014). The judges described it as ‘a monumental feat of scholarship, an absorbing portrait of a deeply ambitious and deeply flawed man, and brilliant account of a towering figure Read more …