"L'histoire au scalpel" (History under the Scalpel) is a French documentary series, notably broadcast on France 5 and Histoire TV, in which the forensic doctor and anthropologist Philippe Charlier uses modern scientific methods to investigate historical mysteries. By examining the relics and bodies of historical figures such as Napoleon, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, or Saint Louis, he seeks to elucidate the causes of their death, the diseases they suffered from, or to authenticate objects.

During the turbulent 19th century, a number of brilliant French artists developed the Romantic movem...

Napoleon's extraordinary rise from obscure military man to hero of the French people convinces him t...

An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, duri...

Historian Andrew Roberts journeys through the history and geography of Europe to bring the story of ...

From Bonaparte to Casanova, history is cast in the light of famous escapes from various European cou...

A look back at a cruel conflict, the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), which changed the political geog...

Featuring the minute-by-minute accounts of the brave soldiers who crossed deep into enemy territory ...

North Africa, 1954. The Algerian war of independence begins, a traumatic and extremely violent catas...

This docudrama revisits one of the most astounding military campaigns and defeats in history, Napole...

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps...

He fired cannon on his own countrymen, wooed the mistress of a formidable opponent and even threaten...

An intimate portrait of the lives of the artists, founders of modern art, who lived in Montmartre fr...