Description : This third volume of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon published by the Fondation Napoléon with Editions Fayard contains 2,567 letters written during the period from 1800 to 1802, 700 of which are thought not to have been previously published. Whilst the previous periods (covered in the first two volumes) were dogged by possibly forgeries, from 1800 on, the Correspondence stands on surer ground. Napoleon was at that time assisted by several secretaries and his writings were less personal. Indeed, it was political questions which occupied Napoleon Bonaparte, for at that time he was head of state. 1800-1802 is an important period: this is the time for «pacification», for the reconstruction of France, as it found its way out of the Revolution.This volume, prefaced by Jean Tulard, Member of the Institut, and edited by Thierry Lentz, with the assistance of Gabriel Madec, offers in addition to the letters annotated by the best specialists, the detailed timeline, the customary maps and indices, four studies, namely: «Bourrienne, secrétaire de Bonaparte» by Jacques Jourquin, «La politique consulaire aux Antilles» by Thierry Lentz, «Finances publiques et budgets du Consulat» by Pierre Branda and «L'armée de Réserve en Italie» by Gabriel Madec. All in all, a gigantic achievement.

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 Place and publisher : Paris: Fayard

 Date of publication : 2006

 Number of pages : 1,406

 Description : This, volume two, deals with 1798-1799, the Egyptian Campaign and the accession to power, general Bonaparte getting to grips with his dream of the Orient: a region with a difficult climate, complicated daily organisation, popular revolts, war. The perfect moment for Napoleon to show his sense of organisation and his remarkable ability to improvise, his obstinacy, but also his implacable toughness: an apprentice head of state, whom the Brumaire coup d'etat catapulted to power in France.Comprising 2,550 letters, of which about one thousand not published in the Correspondence published during the Second Empire, complete with explanatory notes, a detailed chronology, three indices, maps and facsimiles, this volume, with a preface by professor Henry Laurens, of the Collège de France, also includes two studies, one by Gabriel Madec on Bonaparte's headquarters and one by Pierre Branda on finances in Egypt.

With the support of the Archives de France and the Fondation La Poste, this operation to publish -in twelve volumes- this Correspondance générale has up to now included the collaboration of two hundred people and should end at the beginning of 2009. Emilie Barthet, the person in charge of the correspondance project at the Fondation Napoléon, reports on the project as a whole and the difficulties faced.

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 Place and publisher : Paris: Fayard

 Date of publication : 2005

 Number of pages : 1270

 Description : This first volume of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon, published by the Fondation Napoléon, contains 2283 letters written between 1784 and 1797. As a result of three years of searching in French and other national archives, not to mention the collaboration of private collectors, Napoleon students and enthusiasts can now read either previously unpublished letters or letters previously published in expurgated fashion during the Second Empire. Since each letter is annotated, this edition can rightfully be considered as the latest word on the subject.





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 Place and publisher : Paris: Fayard

 Date of publication : 2004

 Number of pages : 1469

La Proclamation de l'Empire (The proclamation of Empire) makes available previously unpublished documents concerning the parliamentary debate which preceded the proclamation of the First Empire by the Senate, 18 May, 1804. From Curée's motion to the final sénatus-consulte, and passing via Carnot's speech opposing the motion and about forty or more other texts, this collection of source texts is perfectly designed for those wishing to get to the bottom of the proclamation, which is not simply a question of the coronation, as is well known. Biographies of the main players and a bibliography complete this first volume in the theme, Sources.
La Proclamation de l'Empire, 320 p., 34 euros, 223 fr. (in French)


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Autour de "l'empoisonnement" de Napoléon (On the question of Napoleon's "poisoning"') is a collection of four previously unpublished and important texts on this complex subject. Doctor Jean-François Lemaire, of the Institut Napoléon, tells " the history of the affair ", doctors Paul Fornès and Pascal Kintz (those who participated in the press conference, organised by Ben Weider, in June 2001) publish the texts of their conclusions and reply to certain complementary questions. Thierry Lentz considers the methods used up to now by those who support the poisoning theory.
Jean-François Lemaire, Paul Fornès, Pascal Kintz, Thierry Lentz : Autour de "l'empoisonnement" de Napoléon, preface by Jean Tulard, 140 p., 19 euros, 124,60 fr. (In French)

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In 2000, the Conseil d'Etat and the Fondation Napoléon formed a joint project to celebrate the bi-centenary of the creation of the Conseil d'Etat by the Constitution of 22 Frimaire, An VIII. This work presents the archives du Conseil d'Etat, the difficulties of research on the Conseil, and the correspondance of Napoleon I with Bigot de Préameneu, Ministre des Cultes from 1808 on, as well as some charming sketches of his colleagues made by the auditeur Frédéric Christophe Houdetot. This book (in French) comprises many illustrations and was published on the occasion of the opening of the site containing these three resources, napoleonica.org.
Paris : Fondation Napoléon, 2000, 159 p., 180 Francs - 27,44 Euros

In 1796, the Directory decided to re-launch Franco-Persian relations suspended since the Regency. In the aftermath of the Egyptian expedition, Napoleon in keeping with the oriental ambitions of the First Consul, decided to make a treaty with Persia in 1807. The complex nature of Anglo-Russian and Franco-Russian alliances made the position of the French diplomats in Persia completely untenable. Furthermore, Napoleon's attention was drawn ever increasingly towards the theatre of operations in central Europe, abandoning his oriental dream: from 1809 on, Britain was to remain the unique powering the region.
These years of complex diplomacy have been studied using original, Persian, French and English documents.
Iradj Amini, born in 1935 in Teheran, has studied political sciences, sociology and international relations at Washington, Teheran and Oxford.
Paris : Fondation Napoléon, 1995, 254 p., 135 Francs - 20,58 Euros

O'Meara was the first doctor to accompany Napoléon to Saint Helena. An Irishman, he gradually began to side with the Napoleon and the French who accompanied him into exile; so much so that he was recalled to Britain by the British government 1818. His journal, which carefully records the opinions and acts to which he was witness, is one of the key sources for Napoleon's first years on Saint Helena.
Paris : Fondation Napoléon, 1993. Tome 1 : 7 August 1815 - 20 April 1817 (477 p.) ; Tome 2 : 21 April 1817 - 25 July 1818 (454 p.)