Long reads on Napoleon, his marshals, and his wars.
Bicorne Journal is a history publication covering the Napoleonic Wars — the twenty-three years of European conflict that began with the Revolutionary Wars in 1792 and ended on a Belgian ridge at Waterloo in 1815. The site publishes long-form articles on the battles, the commanders, the political collapses, and the cultural shadow of an era that reshaped Europe for a century and the world for two.
Every article on Bicorne Journal is researched against the standard modern scholarship — Andrew Roberts, David Chandler, Bernard Cornwell, Adam Zamoyski, Peter Hofschröer — and aimed at readers who want more than the Wikipedia summary. Where the popular accounts simplify, this site digs into the contested ground: which marshal really lost Waterloo, why the Hundred Days were not the romantic gesture they are usually portrayed as, and what the Prussian sources say that the British and French histories tend to soften. Expect specific facts, named sources, and the occasional opinion you will not find in a textbook.
The current focus is the Waterloo campaign and the men who fought it. Start with the Battle of Waterloo: A Complete Guide for the full account, or Why Did Napoleon Lose at Waterloo? for the five-reason analysis. New articles are added regularly.