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ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks > Keeping an eye on Boney (April 2021)An interesting document held in the Lowe Papers at the British Library in London sheds light on the broader surveillance methods used on St Helena at the time of Napoleon’s captivity. In the manuscript Mss. Add. 20,204, two period documents (fols 72 ff and 92… -
Article“Napoleon, the dark side” > Napoleon and women (< 4 min. read)“Napoleon, the dark side” is a section that uses the most recent research and offers you a clear, precise, and synthetic analysis of some of the more contraversial moments of Napoleonic history. -
ArticleTalking Point with Christina Egli > Napoleon’s tomb … in Arenenberg, in the Swiss canton of ThurgauOn 18 June 1821, Hortense de Beauharnais sent a letter from Arenenberg to Napoleon Sire, At last, after many years, I have found an opportunity which gives me hope that my letter will reach Your Majesty and bring him the expression of my feelings. Monsieur… -
ArticleNapoleon, the dark side > Did Napoleon enact “genocide” in the French colonies? (< 3 min. read)“Napoleon, the dark side” is a section that uses the most recent research and offers you a clear, precise, and synthetic analysis of some of the more contraversial moments of Napoleonic history. -
Article“Napoleon, the dark side” > Napoleon and Guadeloupe (< 2 min. read)“Napoleon, the dark side” is a section that uses the most recent research and offers you a clear, precise, and synthetic analysis of some of the more contraversial moments of Napoleonic history.
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Article“Napoleon, the dark side” > Napoleon and Santo Domingo (Haïti and Santo Domingo) (< 4 min. read)“Napoleon, the dark side” is a section that uses the most recent research and offers you a clear, precise, and synthetic analysis of some of the more contraversial moments of Napoleonic history. -
Article“Napoleon, the dark side” > Napoleon’s re-establishement of slavery (< 2 min. read)“Napoleon, the dark side” is a section that uses the most recent research and offers you a clear, precise, and synthetic analysis of some of the more contraversial moments of Napoleonic history. -
ArticleNapoleon, the dark side > The human cost of the Napoleonic wars (< 3 min. read)“Napoleon, the dark side” is a section that uses the most recent research and offers you a clear, precise, and synthetic analysis of some of the more contraversial moments of Napoleonic history. -
ArticleNapoleon, the dark side > Napoleon and the colonies (< 3 min. read)“Napoleon, the dark side” is a section that uses the most recent research and offers you a clear, precise, and synthetic analysis of some of the more contraversial moments of Napoleonic history.
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ArticleFinal burial of the mortal remains of Emperor Napoleon I at the Eglise des Invalides, 2 April 1861This article by Charles YRIARTE – reporting on the final inhumation of Napoleon I in the purpose-built crypt designed by Visconti at Les Invalides on 2 April 1861, (nearly 40 years after his death, and over 20 years after the “Retour des Cendres”) appeared in…