I never cared much about swords, but the first time I held one in class, it felt thrilling, empowering—until I had to fight with it, that is. Still, that first impression left me wondering: Why does a ...

A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of ...

As for British harassment of American maritime commerce, most of that had lapsed when the British-French Napoleonic Wars ended with the defeat of the French emperor a few months earlier.