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from 02/10/2018 to 19/01/2019ExhibitionBâtir sous le Second Empire (Construction during the Second Empire)This autumn, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (link in English) in Paris [France’s National Art school, ENSBA] is exhibiting thirty-four watercolours (from its collection of more than 40,000 architectural drawings) made by aspiring architects during the Second Empire (link in French). This exhibition “Bâtir sous le Second Empire” also reflects the architectural tastes as well as the […]
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30/11/2018Study DaySt Helena, the origins of the Napoleonic legendProgramme : Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène [Napoleon on St Helena] (Thierry Lentz). Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène : témoignage et manifeste politique [The Mémorial of St Helena: testimony and political manifesto] (Chantal Prévot) Le grand-maréchal Bertrand et ses Mémoires [Grand Marshal Bertrand and his Memoirs] (François Houdecek) Dans l’intimité de Napoléon : les témoignages d’Ali et de Marchand [Napoleon in […]
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ArticleTalking Point with Patrice Gueniffey – One more nail in the coffin of the French RevolutionA few years ago now, I noted in the preface to a new edition of Jaques Bainville’s Napoléon, that books can often age rather quickly, and badly at that. The passing of time is not always kind. Many books disappear, some become themselves historical documents,… -
ArticleBullet Point #17 – Is it true that Napoleon wanted to be a writer?Each “Bullet Point” will confront a question related to the First Empire. My remarks are designed to form the basis for debate and, I hope, research. (Thierry Lentz, October 2018, translation RY) -
PublicationIn Napoleon’s Shadow: The Memoirs of Louis-Joseph Marchand, Valet and Friend of the Emperor 1811–1821From the publishers: ‘In 1811, twelve young men were chosen among the families in the Emperor’s personal service to serve as ushers in his apartments. My mother, attached to the household of the King of Rome as first nurse to the prince, requested this favour for me from the grand chamberlain, the Count de Montesquiou, […]
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Painting“Scherzo di Follia” (a photographic portrait of the Countess of Castiglione)This portrait of the Countess of Castiglione has become emblematic of the history of photographic art and more specifically of self-portraiture. The personality of its subject, “la Castiglione”, has contributed to its fascination, which has not diminished over the years, continuing to inspire a multitude of questions and hypotheses as to the reasons for the […]
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from 22/09/2018 to 24/11/2018Theatrical EventProkofiev’s War and PeaceUsing a libretto based on Tolstoy’s great novel set during the Napoleonic Wars when 500,000 French troops invaded Russia, Prokofiev began composing his opera War and Peace in 1942, a year after the Nazi invasion of Russia. This new production by Welsh National Opera performed in English translation, combines the two eras. The next performances […]
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from 19/10/2018 to 21/10/2018Re-enactmentRe-enactment > The battle of LeipzigFrom 14 to 19 October 1813, the Allies Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden inflicted the decisive defeat on the French army, thereby breaking Napoleon’s domination of Europe. With up to 600,000 soldiers from all over Europe involved, the Battle of Nations near Leipzig entered the history books as the largest and bloodiest field battle in […]