France revolution

Navis Pictures has released their latest film The War of the Vendee, almost entirely acted by children. Trailer follows, along with commentary supplied by Navis. The film tells the story of the t…

Russia has returned to its pre-20th century role, tension between Greece and Turkey is heightened and the revolutions of 1848 feel less distant

Whilst we are waiting with bated breath for the arrival of the Landwehr next month from Warlord Games I thought I should dig out my old references to brush up on how to paint them. Being a bit of an 'old timer' for right or wrong I always turn to the Almark book "The Prussian Army 1808-1815 by David Nash" which I bought in the 70's to paint my Hinchliffe Prussians. The size, nature and conditions of recruitment of the Landwehr inevitably resulted in a force that was poorly equipped and…

Storming the Bastille during the French Revolution. Illustration by Sep E. Scott 14 July marks the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution in 1789. The famous prison held only seven prisoners at the time, but it was an iconic moment of the Revolution in Paris following the refusal of nobles […]

Marianne-personification of France

From Geri Walton : Despite Madame Tussaud’s attestation, there appears to have been no Comte de Lorges freed from the Bastille. Moreover...

On 20 June 1789, France's Third Estate took the 'Oath of the Tennis Court' in the Jeu de Paume & formed a new National Assembly that would vote for a constitution & later vote to execute Louis XVI, who brought about the French Revolution through his refusal to accept reforms desperately needed to sustain the tottering Ancien Régime; this is Jacques-Louis David's celebrated depiction of that important moment in French history...