Interviews : 55
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InterviewWho stopped the robbery at the Empress Eugenie’s Musée Chinois? An exclusive interview with the French Central Bureau for Combatting the Trafficking of Cultural PropertyIn January 2020, the French press reported an attempted robbery at the Musée Chinois at the Château de Fontainebleau (external link, in French). The “Musée Chinois” (Chinese Museum) features items from China taken during the sack of the Summer Palace (Beijing) in 1860 during the… -
InterviewThe Napoleonic bones found in Minsk: how the French Forensic Police (Marseilles) proved it was General GudinIn the early summer of 2019, a discovery sparked a flurry of excitement among First-Empire history enthusiasts. A team of Franco-Russian archaeologists had just exhumed the presumed mortal remains of General Gudin. Gudin, Commander of the 3rd Division of the 1st Corps of the Grande… -
InterviewBonaparte is no more! – Thierry Lentz answers three questions about his latest bookThierry Lentz touches on some of the surprising conclusions of his latest research in this short interview for napoleon.org (January 2019). -
InterviewFondation Napoléon Concert 2018 “Les voix impériales” : three questions for Peter Hicks, conductorOn 24 May 2018, there will be a concert not to be missed! Conducted by Peter Hicks, the Académie Symphonique de Paris, the choir “Les Voix Impériales”, four soloists, and Sarah Kim on the organ, will be playing Napoleonic works at 8 pm in the… -
InterviewXavier Mauduit: “Artistic policy was a formidable weapon used by the two Emperors”Xavier Mauduit is co- curator with Pierre Branda and Elodie Lefort of the exhibition “L’art au service du pouvoir”, a joint project between the town of Rueil-Malmaison and the Fondation Napoléon (taking place at the Atelier Grognard in Rueil-Malmaison, 13 April – 9 July 2018).… -
InterviewThe Memorial: Chantal Prevot on the History of the publication, October 2017On the occasion of the publication of the original manuscript of the Emmanuel de Las Cases Le Memorial de Sainte-Hélène, discovered and commented on by four researchers from the Fondation Napoléon – Thierry Lentz, Peter Hicks, François Houdecek, and Chantal Prévot – we asked each of them… -
InterviewWho exactly was the Conte de Las Cases? Three questions for François Houdecek, October 2017On the occasion of the publication of the original manuscript of the Emmanuel de Las Cases Le Memorial de Sainte-Hélène, discovered and commented on by four researchers from the Fondation Napoléon – Thierry Lentz, Peter Hicks, François Houdecek, and Chantal Prévot – we asked each… -
InterviewThe ‘discovery’ of the manuscript of the “Mémorial de Sainte Hélène”: Three questions for… Peter Hicks, October 2017On the occasion of the publication of the original manuscript of the Emmanuel de Las Cases Le Memorial de Sainte-Hélène, discovered and commented on by four researchers from the Fondation Napoléon – Thierry Lentz, Peter Hicks, François Houdecek, and Chantal Prévot – we asked each… -
InterviewRaphaëlle Déjean, Textile conservation expert: Napoleon’s Chasseur Uniform: Preservation and presentationNapoleon’s famous Chasseur uniform that he wore on St Helena – as seen in several famous paintings – was given to his faithful valet Mameluk Ali who brought it back to his hometown of Sens in 1821 and left to the town at his death.… -
InterviewBruno Colson on Napoleon on War: “the limit between the “material” and the “spiritual” components of war” (June 2016)Bruno Colson is a research Professor at the Institute of Strategy and French conflict (at the Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques, in Paris) and a specialist in the history of the Napoleonic wars and military thinking, History of warfare and strategy (modern…