Press reviews

Stella Ghervas, “A Peace for the Strong” , in History Today (September 2014, vol. 64, no. 9):   “…This year marks both end points of the ‘long 19th century', the period of relative peace that began arguably with the Congress of Vienna in September 1814 and lasted until the outbreak of the First World War […]

Glenda Sluga, “Sexual Congress,” in History Today (September 2014, vol. 64, issue 9):   “…Half a century ago the Austrian historian Hilde Spiel recognised the Vienna Congress as one of the few historical events in which ‘a group of statesmen and politicians … laboured so extensively and decisively under the influence of women'…”   Glenda […]

 The Napoleonic Historical Society NewsletterJuly-August 2014  Contents 2 – Josephine's Jewels: Fit for an Empress, by Alix Sundquist 6 – Murat knew what she liked 7 – Ad for The Eagle 8 – César Berthier on Corfu, by Thomas Zacharis 12 – Reenactment 101, by Leslue Eiser 18 – Staring Dutch Uniforms 23 – A Rousselot of […]

“Hell's devils: How Russia's steppe warriors took on Napoleon's armies,” by Alexander Vershinin, in Russia Beyond the Headlines 28 July, 2014 (online edition):   “…Direct descendants of the fearsome Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan, in the early 19th century Kalmyk cavalrymen were to play a significant role in driving Napoleon's Grande Armée out of Russia […]

“The State of War: Summer 1814, Part 1,” by Mason Winfield, in Buffalorising, 29 July, 2014 (online edition):   “…ile the War of 1812 was fought on many fronts on land and water, it was largely a hit-run, raid-and-hold type of conflict. There were a number of battles, of course, and a handful of sieges upon forts; […]

    “Washington is Burning” by Graeme Garrard, in History Today, vol. 64, no. 8 (2014):   “…When James Madison, fourth President of the United States and ‘Father of the Constitution', signed a declaration of war against Britain on June 18th, 1812 he could scarcely have imagined that two years later he would be fleeing […]

    Elie de Rosen, “The British Press and Government: What They Thought of Napoleon Bonaparte”, Graduate Student at the University of Birmingham, School of Humanities:   Availble via Academia.edu (membership required).

    Martha Sanchéz, “International Napoleonic Society Chooses Cuba for Congress,” oncubamagazine.com, 7 March 2014:   “… the figure of Napoleon Bonaparte is among the ones that bring out the biggest passions among collectors from different continents and generations. The conquests of the French general transcended the geographical , military and political fields and surfaced […]

    Celestine Bohlen, “Italian Island of Elba Clings to Napoleon's Legacy,” The New York Times, 14 July 2014:   “… Napoleon spent less than 10 months on Elba, but 200 years later, this island off the coast of Tuscany has turned the defeated French emperor's brief exile here into a reason to celebrate.   […]

    Silvana Grasso, “Il y a deux cents ans la bataille oubliée,” ladepeche.fr (22 June 2014):   French-language article discussing the “forgotten battle” of Toulouse in April 1814, and noting an exhibition at the Musée du Vieux Toulouse commemorating the Napoleonic conflict, which left 926 British and French troops dead.