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OPERATION ST HELENA The campaign goes on... Operation St Helena, the international fund-raising campaign organised by the Fondation Napoléon and the Souvenir Napoléonien, will continue to run over the summer until the end of 2012. This means that there is still time to make a donation if you missed the call the first time around or simply feel like contributing further to the appeal.
HIGHLIGHTED ON NAPOLEON.ORG 18 - 24 MAY 2012
FONDATION NAPOLEON NEWS "Napoleon: Revolution to Empire" exhibition opening soon The exhibition "Napoleon: Revolution to Empire", jointly organised by the Fondation Napoléon and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, opens in just over two weeks, and a new minisite produced to showcase the event is now available.
WHAT'S ON 1812 Napoleonic Weekend, Lucca, Italy Over the weekend of 1 - 3 June, there will be an 1812 Napoleonic event taking place in Lucca, Italy, featuring visits and a period ball in 1812 costume. The full programme can be found in our What's on file.
FONDATION NAPOLEON The Fondation Napoléon on Facebook The Fondation Napoléon, intent as ever to play an active role in the social media revolution and the development of history resources on the internet, has a Facebook page. On it you will find daily updates on the history of the two empires - in English and in French - from both napoleon.org and further afield.
PAINTING OF THE MONTH The Seine and Notre-Dame de Paris, by Johan Barthold Jongkind When the Dutchman Jongkind discovered Paris at the end of the reign of Louis-Philippe, it was a revelation to him. The young landscape painter had been attracted to the capital by the painter Eugène Isabey, whom he had met in The Hague, and he was to paint some of his major works in this city.
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Volume 12 out now! Volume twelve of the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte covers the single tragic year of 1812. As Napoleon I crossed into Russia territory in June 1812, no-one envisaged anything but success for the Russian campaign. Yet as they went deeper into Russia, Napoleon and his multinational but ultimately divided army found their campaign bogged down by the Russian tactics and resolve.
BOOK OF THE MONTH Wellington's Men Remembered: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo - Vol 1, by Janet & David Bromley Wellington's Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1815, together with 150 battlefield and regimental memorials in 24 countries worldwide. Photographs of memorials are included in a CD Rom inserted in each.
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