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ArticleTalking Point with Charles-Éloi Vial: Napoleon and his eccentric librarianA recent visit to the Château de Fontainebleau and the Emperor’s magnificently restored private library there reminded me of some anecdotes about one of the former caretakers of this temple of knowledge: the poet Charles Rémard (1766-1828), librarian of Fontainebleau during the First Empire. After a…
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ArticleTalking Point with Thierry Lentz > Napoleon in majesty at La VilletteFinally now that museums and exhibitions have re-opened here in France and elsewhere, we can really say that the bicentenary is up and running. Indeed, most of the “Année Napoléon” exhibitions are now open, and the remaining few will follow suit later in the year:…
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ArticleTalking point with Rebecca Young: All eyes on France – the Bicentenary in the international mediaAs you know, here at the Fondation we’ve been working towards this Bicentenary for many months! Our “2021 Année Napoléon” label now has over a hundred partners, naturally mostly in France but also internationally, places and institutions closely connected to Napoleon or to France. We…
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ArticleA private visit to the Maison Chaumet, October 2020In October 2020, the Fondation Napoléon team visited the recently renovated salons at the Maison Chaumet at 12 Place Vendôme, where we were taken “backstage” to see some of the rarely displayed treasures created by Nitot for the Imperial family that will be part of the…
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Article[2021 Année Napoléon] A look back in pictures and videos at the ceremonies of 5 May 2021, in Paris and on St HelenaHere are some images and videos of the ceremonies held on 5 May, at the Dôme des Invalides and at the Institut de France in Paris, as well as those which took place on 5, 6 and 9 May at the French Domains on St…
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ArticleTalking Point with Thierry Lentz: A national tribute? Check! Now the Année Napoléon can really take offAnd so it was, on 5 May 2021, that the head of the French State in person paid a double tribute to Napoleon I: firstly, in his speech at the Institut de France, and secondly, in his presence at the Invalides. That being said, it…
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ArticleWho was present at Napoleon’s death?Servants, the companions, their wives and children, the doctors, British officers or priest… This factfile is a key to all the people represented in Steuben’s famous picture of Napoleon’s death at Longwood House on St Helena. You may also like to find out more about…
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Article[2021 Année Napoléon] 5 May 1921, the centenary of Napoleon’s deathAs we commemorate the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death in 2021, the 5th of May 1921, the 100th anniversary of the Emperor’s death, comes to mind, a commemoration that took place in the aftermath of World War One. What follows here describes the events of one hundred…
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Article“Four, for the gospel makers” – The eye-witness memoirs of Napoleon on St HelenaIllustration from Napoleon’s Last Voyages, a sketch made on board Northumberland Not all those who were part of Napoleon’s life on St Helena wrote about it, not all were still there at his death and indeed those that did give accounts did not do so…
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ArticleExtract from Letter from Hudson Lowe to Lord Bathurst 14 May 1821 describing the construction of Napoleon’s tomb on St HelenaThis transcription of part of a letter* from Sir Hudson Lowe to British Minister for War and the Colonies, Lord Bathurst, dated 14 May 1821, five days after Napoleon’s burial, is a detailed description of the interior structure of Napoleon’s tomb in the Sane Valley…