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Press reviewProject announced for Warsaw’s Napoleonic monument
The Polish delegation of the Société d'entraide des membres de la Légion d'honneur has undertaken a project to restore the monument of Napoleon I which was inaugurated on 5 May, 1821 and can be found in Plac Powstańców (formerly Plac Napoleona) in Warsaw. The reinauguration is set to take place on 5 May, 2011 to […]
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Press reviewFrench History, vol. 24, n° 1, September 2010
Book reviews:Le Promeneur à Paris au XVIIIe siècle, by Laruent Tucrot, reviewed by Colin Jones, p. 466 September 2010
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Press reviewThe Independent: details of Royal Navy surgeons’ treatment diaries published
The Independent online (UK) reports on the two year cataloguing project of treatment diaries kept by Royal Navy surgeons between 1793 and 1880. Journal entries include an 87 inch long tapeworm vomited up by a twelve-year-old girl, a sailor who performed animal impressions in exchange for grog, and some inventive treatments carried out by the […]
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Press reviewNapoleonic Historical Society newsletter September-October 2010
The latest issue of the Napoleonic Historical Society's newsletter is now available. In the issue: New York Public Library's Portrait Collection, p. 1Napoleonic Conference update, p. 1The Richard Reichek collection, p. 4Member profile: Sheperd Paine, p. 6Gambling in the Napoleonic style, p. 12Napoleon's birthday dinner celebrations, p. 13In memoriam: Vito DeLeonardis & the Baron Gourgaud, p. 14Book […]
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Press reviewNY Public Library: Napoleonic images
The New York Public Library website (USA) offers visitors an online glimpse into its Historical and Public Figures collection, which features 19th and early 20th century scanned images of Jerome, Joseph and Louis Bonaparte as well as palace interiors, Napoleon II and Napoleon III. Click here for the website (external link).
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Press reviewNapoleonic images at the New York Public Library
The New York Public Library website offers visitors an online glimpse into its Historical and Public Figures collection, which features 19th and early 20th century scanned images of Jerome, Joseph and Louis Bonaparte as well as palace interiors, Napoleon II and Napoleon III. Click here for the website (external link).
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Press reviewThe reopening of the Bibliothèque de l’Hôtel de Ville, Paris
Renamed the Bibliothèque de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHdV), the library formerly known as the Bibliothèque administrative de Paris has undergone three years of work and renovation. On 16 September, Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of Paris, was present for the library's reopening ceremony, during which a plaque commemorating the philanthropist Alexandre Vattemare (1796-1864) was unveiled. It was he who […]
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Press reviewNew perfurme inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte
The British perfume house, Creed, a producer of fragrances since 1760, has released its latest scent, “Aventus”, which, according to the press release takes its inspiration from Napoleon Bonaparte. “Aventus […] honors traits of virility, power, strength and vision, inspired by Napoleon, the man who crowned himself emperor of France and all Europe, a […]
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Press reviewBook review: "Enlightened Reform in Southern Europe and its Atlantic Colonies, c. 1750-1830"
The Institute of Historical Research (UK) this week offers up a book review by James Livesey from the University of Sussex. The book in question is Enlightened Reform in Southern Europe and its Atlantic Colonies, c. 1750-1830, edited by Gabriel Paquette. There is also the editor's response to the review. Click here for the […]
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Press reviewRare Trafalgar broadsheet poster remains unsold
A very rare surviving broadsheet poster announcing the British victory at Trafalgar in 1805 remains unsold after going on sale at an auction organised by Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh. It is believed that the poster, originally sold for 2 pence at the time and now estimated at £10,000 – £15,000, is one of only […]