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Luke Reynolds, Ph.D., FRHistS

@lureynol.bsky.social

APIR at UConn Stamford. Award-winning Who Owned Waterloo? out now from OUP Cultural, social, and military history. All views my own. He/Him.

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Don’t know of any writings specifically on them. Wouldn’t be surprised if they were a popular thing. Something to look into!

20.03.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gemioncourt farm on the Quatre Bras battlefield viewed from the air

Gemioncourt farm on the Quatre Bras battlefield viewed from the air

Heritage 1815: a committee of Napoleonic historians working to safeguard the future of sites from the Waterloo campaign.

Following news of the planned sale of Gemioncourt Farm & 8.5 hectares of land on the Quatre Bras battlefield, the committee has issued a statement 🧡1/

20.03.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Our very own Luke Reynolds @lureynol.bsky.social will be speaking at University College Dublin later this month. Don’t miss your chance to come along and see him in person - if you bring a copy of his book he’ll insist on signing it for you too πŸ˜‰

05.03.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster advertising Eighth Wellington Congress

Poster advertising Eighth Wellington Congress

Want to hear these fabulous people speak?
Well, you've just got to book for our Wellington Congress! buff.ly/4juc21N β€ͺ@rmbhistory.bsky.social @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social @lureynol.bsky.social @1812andallthat.bsky.social @kevinlinch.bsky.social @caseshotpublish.bsky.social @zwhitehistory.bsky.social

03.03.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social invites you to a preview screening of β€œInvincible Season 3” but you’re on your phone so the email subject cuts off at β€œInvincible Seas” and you get really excited because you think there’s a new naval war film you somehow hadn’t heard about.

21.01.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Celebratory graphic of the Napoleonic Wars podcast reaching 500,000 downloads

Celebratory graphic of the Napoleonic Wars podcast reaching 500,000 downloads

We’ve hit the incredible milestone of HALF A MILLION downloads on the Napoleonic Wars Podcast.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us on the passionate deep-dives into all aspects of the period, and especially to our phenomenal guests.

Be sure to follow us as aim for 1 million!

01.01.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Caricature by James Gillray entitled Monstrous Craws at a New Coalition Feast, showing two women and a man eating.

Caricature by James Gillray entitled Monstrous Craws at a New Coalition Feast, showing two women and a man eating.

What was Christmas dinner like in the Napoleonic era?

Rebecca Earle joins @lureynol.bsky.social & Josh Redeen to talk about when the Christmas dinner got invented & what you’d be eating in the festive period 200 years ago

Christmas drink recipes are also shared. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

21.12.2024 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Napoleon Bonaparte wearing a Santa hat

Napoleon Bonaparte wearing a Santa hat

What was Christmas like in the Napoleonic era?

In the 1st of 12 festive specials on @napwarspod.bsky.social our very own @lureynol.bsky.social answers important questions like β€˜would Sharpe recognise an Argos catalogue’? (We might be dating ourselves a bit there!)

open.spotify.com/episode/2XI9...

17.12.2024 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Booking remains open for our talk tonight, courtesy of
@lureynol.bsky.social!
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16.12.2024 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Death and commemoration of the Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, died on 14 September 1852, at Walmer Castle, Kent. He was regarded as one of one of Britain’s premier soldier, a reputation that was sealed by his defeat…

The Duke of Wellington's funeral took place #OnThisDay in 1852. A crowd of around 1.5 million watched the procession from St James Park, through Piccadilly, Pall Mall, Charing Cross, the Strand & on to St Paul’s, the first large-scale service under the dome

18.11.2024 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Lambs Will Host 150th Anniversary Gambol The social club is celebrating its sesquicentennial with a banquet and an original musical comedy, written and directed by Maura Campbell (The Non-Essentials).

Join us! www.broadwayworld.com/industry/art...

14.11.2024 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Packed mine today!

13.11.2024 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who will I be seeing in Denver for #NACBS2024 ? I will be speaking about hippodramas, to everyone’s shock and surprise.

12.11.2024 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the peer review process survives because the experience of staying up late to bang out a short assignment the night before it's due keeps academics feeling young.

20.02.2024 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the entire month of December, the annual commemoration chapter of #WhoOwnedWaterloo is free to read on Oxford Academic. Happy advent to all who celebrate, and if you enjoy the chapter, check my feed for a discount code for the paperback. academic.oup.com/book/41868/c...

01.12.2023 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is the UK paperback publication day for Who Owned Waterloo! To celebrate (and mark the anniversary of the funeral of the Duke of Wellington) I sat down with @zwhitehistory.bsky.social to talk about Waterloo parties. Join us! anchor.fm/the-napoleon...

18.11.2023 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know the study only covers three cities, but I have to salute the amount of shade Cambridge is throwing at its traditional rival with this sub-headline. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/medi...

17.10.2023 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The classic Drake meme, with images of Joaquin Phoenix and Edward Gomersal as Napoleon(s).

The classic Drake meme, with images of Joaquin Phoenix and Edward Gomersal as Napoleon(s).

I had enormous fun writing this piece for @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social about "Napoleon" Gomersal, the man who, for many Britons in the first half of the nineteenth century, was the Emperor. ageofrevolutions.com/2023/09/25/b...

25.09.2023 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whoever thought that an argument I brainstormed in a Waterloo Live video about a horse would make it into the revisions for a chapter.

24.09.2023 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The head pops up: β€œFlogging?”

22.09.2023 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Photos of the office itself?

22.09.2023 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're hiring up to four postdoc researchers to work on Written Worlds in 17th-century England at Birkbeck, led by Sue Wiseman (PI) and me (CI), focusing on #EarlyModern non-elite writers.

Β£42K pro rata; 0.5FTE for 25 months, starting mid-Nov. Apply by 22 Oct: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

22.09.2023 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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If you've been wanting to read (the award-winning) Who Owned Waterloo? but it was simply too expensive, good news! The paperback (Β£24.99, out November 18) is now available for preorder! Use code AAFLYG6 for 30% off. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

20.09.2023 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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