Press reviews

Radio “Napoleon and I” (28 minutes) Film historian Kevin Brownlow tells Francine Stock about his 50-year quest to restore Abel Gance’s silent masterpiece “Napoléon” to its five-and-half-hour glory, and why the search for missing scenes still continues even though the film is about to be released on DVD for the very first time. Composer Carl Davis […]

Reviews of the exhibition “Emma Hamilton: Seduction and Celebrity” at the national Maritime Museum, London from 03/11/2016 to 17/04/2017. She was the irresistible beauty from the brothels who captivated Europe. This vivid show is a glorious reminder of her rise and fall, by Jonathan Jones in The Guardian Emma Hamilton portrait bought by her lover Lord […]

Napoleon’s last home recreated for Paris exhibition (The Guardian) Napoleon’s Belongings From His Time in Exile Are Now on Display in Paris(Mentalfloss) France’s national army museum has recreated the home where Napoleon lived his final years, bringing furniture and belongings from the remote Atlantic Island of St. Helena to Paris for the first time since […]

Amanda Ellis for The West Australian Meredith Jaffe for the Guardian Philip Dwyer for the Sunday Morning Herald Radio interview with Tom Keneally on ABC

We are delighted to announce that as part of the special issue of Napoleonica la Revue no. 21 there are now three new articles online in English (in addition to four previously-published articles), namely:“Charitable Connections: Transnational Financial Networks and Relief for British Prisoners of War in Napoleonic France, 1803-1814” by Élodie Duché“The Release of Prisoners of […]

Review of Anthony Burgess's Napoleon Symphony by Keith Ridgway in the Irish Times: “A rousing performance” Review of Anthony Burgess 's Napoleon Symphony by Sara Sanborn in the New York Times   A Review of Anthony Burgess's Napoleon Symphony in Enotes.com

4 reviews of Bonaparte 1769-1802, by Patrice Gueniffey, translated by Steven Rendall  http://www.booksandideas.net/Bonaparte-a-Condottiere-in-Revolution.htmlhttps://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/patrice-gueniffey/bonaparte-1769/http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/bonaparte-by-patrice-gueniffey-a-biography-that-does-justice-1.2222335 http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/bonaparte-review-patrice-gueniffey-breathes-new-fire-into-the-life-of-napoleon-20150608-ghixsh.html

Review of four books about Waterloo in the New York Times“Three books take a micro, colourful look at Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo“ in the Washington Post“A near-run thing”: Review of 3 books about Waterloo in the Economist

Here are a few online documentaries about the Battle of Waterloo:   History online documentary: The battle of Waterloo (47 min 23)Battlefield Detectives – Massacre at Waterloo (48 min 56)Napoleon Bonaparte – 1815 Battle of Waterloo (1992) (56 min 20)

A selection of reviews of Daisy Hay's “Mr. & Mrs. Disraeli: A Strange Romance“  in the Washington Timesin The Economistin History in ReviewIn the Daily BeastIn the guardianon NBC2