"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.

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

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

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

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...

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

After World War II, the French colonial empire, which dominated the lives of over 110 million people...

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

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

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

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