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ArticleThe collapse of the Grand Empire: Introduction to volume 14 of Correspondance générale de Napoléon Bonaparte: Leipzig, juillet 1813-décembre 1813The collapse of the Grand Empire[1] This, the fourteenth volume of our Correspondance Générale begins with hopes for peace but without interrupting war preparations. The ensuing campaign was difficult for Napoleon’s troops, ending with the massive defeat at Leipzig and the first intimations of the invasion of the “Sanctuary of the Nation”, to use Napoleon’s […]
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ArticleAlone, already so alone (introduction to Volume XIII of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon Bonaparte)This is the English translation of Pierre Branda’s introduction to Volume XIII of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon Bonaparte. -
Timeline1813 and the lead up to the Battle of LeipzigEmpire : Directory / 1st EmpireTheme(s) : Military HistoryExternal websitesNapoleon return from Russia in 1812
Project to repeat Napoleon's journey from Moscow to Paris in 13 days in the same conditions (route, time of year, means of transport) based on the Journal de Caulaincourt.
Language(s) : Dutch, French, EnglishArticleGathering warcloudsIntroduction to Volume XI of the Correspondance Générale de Napoléon I, Fayard, 2015TimelineNapoleon’s Russian Campaign: The RetreatEmpire : Directory / 1st EmpireTheme(s) : Military HistoryArticlePoland through the agesIn 1795, Poland disappeared from the political map of Europe. After the Third Partition of Poland, the international situation in Europe was marked by a deep-rooted instability, and political configurations underwent rapid changes. Conflict with regards to the distribution of Polish lands immediately turned Russia and Austria against Prussia. The coalition led against revolutionary France […]
InterviewPierre Branda:"On Elba, Napoleon once again took charge of his own destiny" (April 2014)In his new book, historian Pierre Branda, Fondation Napoléon Manager of Capital, Collection and Real Estate, recounts how the reign of Napoleon on the island of Elba was riskier than first thought. After the brutal abdication, he reassumed mastery of his own destiny, firstly placing…