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14/10/2017Study DayWaterloo Study DayProgramme (see here for full details of talks): 10.00am Registration 10.30am – 11.30am Brexit at Waterloo / John Morewood 11.30am – 11.45am Break 11.45am – 12.45pm Frozen in Time / Paul F. Brunyee 12.45pm – 1.00pm View the Siborne model / War Gallery 1.00pm – 2.00pm Lunch Break 2.00pm – 3.00pm Thank God we have the Navy / Carole Divall 3.00pm […]
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Napo FactfileTimeline: Consulate/1st French EmpireThe Consulate and the Empire are two key periods in the history of France and of Europe. Here you can read about Napoleon’s early years, his coming to power, and other events during his reign. Some of these dates are expressed using the system of the Republican calendar. Click here to find out more about […]
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PublicationThe Countess, Napoleon and St Helena: in exile with the Emperor, 1815 to 1821‘I congratulate you on your research efforts and dedicated work’ Ben Weider, founder of the International Napoleonic Society Presentation by the author: When Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the remote island of St. Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 he took with him twenty-four people, including his doctor, servants and […]
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from 21/08/2017 to 23/08/2017Study DayConversazioni Napoleoniche (Napoleonic Talks)Conversazioni Napoleoniche (Napoleonic Talks) 2017 (in Italian) Free entrance Programme: Monday 21 August, Role of Elisa Bonaparte Baciochi as precursor in terms of health and the use of society to establish consensus, by Velia Gini Bartoli and Simonetta Pardini Tuesday 22 August, Napoleon’s Hat, an exercise in image manipulation?, by Peter Hicks Wednesday 23 […]
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ObjectLetter from Charles Baudelaire to Empress Eugenie6 November 1857, Madame, I needed all the prodigious presumption of a poet to dare to trouble your Majesty and bring to her attention a case as petty as my own. I have had the misfortune to be condemned for a collection of poems entitled “The Flowers of evil”, whose horribly frank title was not […]
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from 20/05/2017 to 01/10/2017Germaine de Staël & Benjamin Constant: Spirit of Freedom2017 marks a double anniversary, the bicentenary of Germaine de Staël’s death (Paris, 14 July 1817) and the 250th anniversary of Benjamin Constant’s birth (Lausanne, 25 October 1767). This commemoration offers the ideal opportunity to highlight the remarkable work and tumultuous life of this pair, one of the most famous couples in the literary and […]
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PaintingPortrait of Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice of the United KingdomThis portrait by an unknown artist represents Queen Victoria (1819-1901) with the youngest of her nine children, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857-1944). Judging from the height and maturity of the young princess, the work can probably be dated to the later 1860s. Since the death of her husband the Prince Consort, Albert of […]
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from 29/07/2017 to 01/10/2017ExhibitionNelson and NorfolkThe exhibition presents some of the most extraordinary and potent objects connected to Nelson, from his boyhood in Norfolk to his death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Ruth Battersby Tooke, Senior Curator of Costume and Textiles at Norwich Castle, said: “The exhibition is built around key objects such as this emblematic ensign, with […]
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from 01/08/2017 to 14/09/2017TalkNelson and Norfolk: talks programmeTuesday Lunchtime Talks – 12.30 – 1pm, booking not required 8 August Nelson in the Norfolk Archives – Frank Meeres, Norfolk Record Office. 22 August: Restoration of the Nelson Monument in Great Yarmouth – Michael Knights, former Historic Buildings Officer. 29 August: Nelson’s Shadow: Taking Norfolk’s Mariners out of Lord Nelson’s Mighty Shadow – Mark […]