Press reviews

The Bibliothèque nationale de France has published a website with photographs from the reign of Napoleon III. The site includes photos of Algeria, Egypt and Mexico, and also features commentaries (in French) on the content of the images.   Click here for the website (external link in French and English).

The Musée de l'histoire de France website features a timeline chronicling the important periods in French history alongside the great works of art of the eras. Of particular interest are the paintings of Bonaparte crossing the Alps by David and Schopin's depiction of the Battle of Hohenlinden.   Click here for the website (external link […]

Philippe Séguin, the first President of the Cour des Comptes, passed away after a heart attack during the night of the 6/7 January, 2010. He was 66. The former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, he served as President of the Assemblée nationale between 1993 and 1997 and was President of the French political party, […]

The British History Today magazine's regular feature Drawing on History covers the Russian satirist Ivan Ivanovich Terebenev, his drawings lampooning Napoleon, and his influence on British cartoon artists such as Cruikshank and Rowlandson.   Drawing on History: Broadsides against Boney, by Mark Bryant, pp. 52-53   The article is also available online here (external link).

Worthplaying.com (USA) features news that The Creative Assembly and Sega have released nine further screenshots taken from Napoleon: Total War, the latest episode in the long-running Total War computer game series.   Click here for the images (external link).

The Creative Assembly have released on their site a new gameplay trailer for Napoleon: Total War. The new trailer can be found on the homepage.   Click here to watch the trailer (external link).

The Guardian website (UK) reports on the recent rediscovery of some of James Gillray's most explicit satirical cartoons, which have now been handed over to the V&A museum in London.   Click here for the full article (external link).

First Empire, issue n° 110   In this issue: – Wagram, by Grant Elliott, p4– The Greys Charged, by Fritz Bronner, p8– Thirty-Six Hours in Belgium, by John Hussey, p11– Napoleonic Newsdesk, by Paul Chamberlain, p29– The Mystery of Napoleon's Funeral, by Peter M. Friedmann, p31– Parcere Subjectis, by Paul Chamberlain, p36– Gross-und Erbprinz Regiment, by […]

The Guardian website (UK) offers takes a look at Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made, and offers a reasonably light-hearted review of the script and film project.   Click here for the full article (external link).

The New Zealand Herald website (NZ) offers a review of the exhibition “La Cave de Josephine” currently taking place at Malmaison.   Click here for the full article (external link).