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HIGHLIGHTED ON NAPOLEON.ORG, 5 - 11 FEBRUARY, 2010
BOOK OF THE MONTH Napoleone, le Donne: Protagoniste, Alleate, Nemiche, edited by Massimo Colesanti, with Giampaolo Buontempo and Peter Hicks This collection of articles and essays, the proceedings of the conference that took place in Rome in November, 2006, covers Napoleon Bonaparte's relationship with the important women in his life, as well as more generally the role of women in society during the 19th century.
WHAT'S ON Friends of the British Cemetery, Elvas Fund-raising reception, London On 24 February, 2010, the Friends of the British Cemetery, Elvas, is holding a fund-raising reception in the Guards Museum at the Wellington Barracks in London. Registration for the event should be completed before 15 February, 2010. The form can be found here.
ARTICLE OF THE MONTH "'Maintaining the contest with Buonaparte': Britain in 1809", by Peter Hicks This month's article comes from Peter Hicks and takes a look at the state of Britain during 1809, offering a snapshot of Britain at a time when the eyes of the European political world were turned fixedly on the continent.
PAINTING OF THE MONTH The Apotheosis of Napoleon I, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres After the coup d'état in 1851, Ingres, a partisan of the new government, made no effort to hide his support for Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. On 2 March, 1853, the painter agreed to a contract committing him to completing before the end of that same year the Apotheosis of Napoleon I...
OBJET D'ART OF THE MONTH The Napoleon scarf by Hermès The famous Hermès "carré" (scarf), practically the Hermès symbol de rigueur, was invented in 1937 to mark the saddlery house's hundredth year in business.
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