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ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks: The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars, 2023In 1534, king Henry VIII granted Cambridge University Press a charter to publish, thereby rendering it one of the oldest printing and publishing houses in the world. At the end of the 19th century, the regius professor of Modern History at that university, but also… -
ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks: Not returned to sender! An unknown, almost-delivered Napoleon letter from St Helena
At 4pm on 25 July 1818, when the soldiers came to prise Barry O’Meara out of Longwood House on St Helena, Napoleon’s Irish doctor excused himself saying he had to go to his room to collect his papers. Four hours later, he emerged and was escorted manu militari from the island. In those four hours […]
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ArticleTalking Point with Thierry Lentz – Modernity and globalisation are also Napoleon III9 January 2023 will be the 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III. It will probably go unnoticed by the general public, even though we know that several French media are preparing special issues and articles to mark the event. -
ArticleNapoleonica® the journal n.1: “Mother and baby doing well”How great it is to be able to announce today our latest intellectual child, born fully-armed from the head of the Fondation Napoléon, Napoleonica ® the journal, a historical review on the period of the two Emperors, entirely in English, with a prestigious international editorial… -
ArticleEditorial: RussiaFor years, the Fondation Napoléon has maintained close relations with Russian historians, and we were about to sign a partnership agreement with a historical research institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences for joint work. This second event has obviously been postponed. It will only… -
ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks: Writing about Napoleon 1821-1921-2021Just like the year 2021, 1921 was a period when people were remembering Napoleon and his extraordinary story. On 5 May 1921, Napoleon was uppermost in the minds of politicians and voters on both sides of the channel. Emblematic is the fact that when Foch…
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ArticleTalking Point with Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling: co-writing History“- Madame, I strongly dislike women who take an interest in politics. – Monsieur, in a period when their heads are being cut off, it is perfectly normal for women to wonder why that may be happening. This piquant exchange took place between Napoleon and Madame… -
ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks > The “Portuguese Hymn” / “O come all ye faithful”: Napoleon’s truly European funeral musicThe melody to “O come, all ye faithful” (“Peuple fidèle” in French) is perhaps the most famous of all Christmas carols (after “Jingle Bells”, probably). Not only on both sides of the channel, but also in the US and elsewhere in the English-language world. Though…
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ArticleTalking Point with Thierry Lentz: a splendid bicentenaryLe bicentenaire de Napoléon a été une belle réussite : 500 événements recensés par la Fondation Napoléon, des modestes cérémonies, reconstitutions ou conférences locales aux prestigieuses expositions parisiennes dont celle de La Villette et ses probables 250 000 visiteurs d’ici au 24 décembre ; 130… -
ArticleTalking Point with Claude Collard: the Festivities for Napoleon’s Consacration and CoronationOn 2 December 1804, the day of Napoleon’s consacration and coronation at Notre-Dame; it was freezing cold. At 6am, the first of the 15,000 guests settled in the aisles and in the galleries; at 10.30am, Pope Pius VII took his place on the throne; at…