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That's interesting. Maybe it had some scholarly merit. Lately, History Chanel seems to attempt to 'do history' using only the most lurid and sensational facts, and just to attract persons who are looking at these events and people, etc., for the first time in their lives. Sort of, History for people who don't know anything about History. I had to quit watching.

As an aside, say what you want about the little general, Bonaparte, when he made himself emperor, he returned the Catholic Church in France to its position, (minus the political influence). On his coronation day and amid all the pomp and ceremony at Notre Dame, his marshals were all PO'd (they were even more extreme Republicans than he was. Anyway, one of them (forget which one) said ..."Two million Frenchmen died to put an end to this claptrap." Ha!

Lately, History Chanel seems to attempt to 'do history' using only the most lurid and sensational facts, and just to attract persons who are looking at these events and people, etc., for the first time in their lives. Sort of, History for people who don't know anything about History. I had to quit watching.

I'm pretty conflicted about the History Channel. I watch it a lot, but I shudder to think of the thousands whose ONLY education in History is that Channel.

For example, their War of 1812 documentary managed to COMPLETELY LEAVE OUT by far the central and most active theater of the war, the Canadian Border. And their ads for the special made it sound like the War of 1812 was the US sitting around minding its own business and the British suddenly invading, which is laughable.