To mark the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester (UK) presents a new exhibition looking at some of the material relating to Napoleon Bonaparte held in the Burgess Archive. The exhibition contains prints from Burgess's art collection, rare books from the library, manuscripts of Burgess's Napoleon projects and more.
The exhibition is free and is open weekdays (Mon-Fri), 10am-2pm, and during the evenings when events are taking place in the Engine House building.
Anthony Burgess's novel “Napoleon Symphony” first published in 1974, has recently been re-edited Serpent's tail in the UK and W. W. Norton & Company, in the USA.
The British writer and composer Anthony Burgess was fascinated by Napoleon, and after Stanley Kubrick adapted his novel “A clockwork Orange” for the screen, Burgess began work on a novel which he hoped Kubrick would use for the film he was planning about the life of Napoleon. Andrew Biswell, director of the Anthony Burgess Foundation, writes here for the Telegraph on the aborted project only now seeing the light of day.
International Anthony Burgess Foundation,
Engine House,
Chorlton Mill,
3 Cambridge Street,
Manchester, M1 5BY
UK
more information about the Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester (UK) here.
Langue(s) : English