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ArticleQueen Victoria’s impressions of Napoleon III (memorandum dated 2nd May 1855)Memorandum by Queen Victoria Extract from THE LETTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA: A SELECTION FROM HER MAJESTY’S CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1861 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING, EDITED BY ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON, M.A. AND VISCOUNT ESHER, G.C.V.O., K.C.B. IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. III.—1854-1861 LONDON, JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1908, pages 122-26 […]
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ArticleBullet Point #25 – Was Napoleon a good pupil?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, May 2019, translation PH) -
ArticleBullet Point #24 – Did Napoleon really “rough it” with his soldiers while on campaign?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, April 2019, translation RY) -
ArticleTalking Point with Thierry Lentz: “Napoleon is not at the Invalides”, a “historic” piece of fake newsNapoleon died on St Helena on 5 May 1821. His mortal remains were buried on the island four days later, where they remained until October 1840, when a French delegation came to collect them and bring them back to France, where they were laid to rest at the Invalides. This is what every history enthusiast […]
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ArticleBullet Point # 23 – Did Napoleon’s Marshals betray him at Fontainebleau, in 1814?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, March 2019, translation Rory Maclean) -
ArticleLetter dated 22 July 1806, to Champagny, Interior Minister: the 12 questions to be set before the Assembly of JewsTranslation (by Peter Hicks) of this text in French.
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ArticleJewish integration in France: it goes back to the Empire
In terms of his home policy, one of Napoleon I’s glories was to have achieved French national unity, via centralisation (indispensable at the time), via the recreation of intermediary bodies that the Revolution had suppressed (the Légion d’honneur, the notables, the Chambers of commerce, etc.) and by peace at home, both in the West of […]
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ArticleBerlioz and the “Cinq Mai” CantataIn July 1861, towards the end of his life (though despite his morbid thoughts Hector did not know it yet), Berlioz published a piece about musical inspiration in his music review column in the Journal des Débats. It is true that he found music journalism a… -
ArticleBullet Point #22 – Did Napoleon and Pope Pius VII hate each other?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, February 2019, translation RY) -
ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks: Jacques-Louis David’s PropagandaWe all know David’s portrayal of the workhorse Emperor starting up from his desk at four in the morning. How should we interpret it? Is it political propaganda from the regime itself? Yes and no – it’s complicated… The work was a commission from a mega-rich Scottish noble. Though a Member of Parliament from, and […]