Historian trumpets new evidence that Napoleonic Wars helped create brass bands
According to Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe, regimental bands first experimented with all-brass arrangements in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
According to Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe, regimental bands first experimented with all-brass arrangements in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
The former French Emperor is believed to have used the box daily during his exile on the remote island of St Helena, following defeat in the Battle of Waterloo.
What did Napoleon make of his time in Devon two centuries ago?