Press reviews

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First Empire n° 109 In this issue: – Wagram 1809 – 2009, by Duncan Miles, p4– The Iron Cross of 1813, by Kendall L. Witt, p6– Another Napoleonic Mystery!, by Peter M. Friedman, p11– “Napoleon's Great Escape”, by Alexander Mikaberidze, p15– Napoleon Newsdesk, by Paul Chamberlain, p23– Napoleon's Greek General, by Dale S. Pappas, p25– Marshal Lannes, […]

The latest book review on the Insitute of Historical Research website (UK) is The Eagle and the Crown: Americans and the British Monarchy by Frank Prochaska. The review is written by Adam I. P. Smith of University College London.   Click here for the review (external link).

A weighty new, tri-lingual tome, Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made, is soon to be published by Taschen, covering the story of the greatest film that never was: Stanley Kubrick's proposed epic retelling of Napoleon Bonaparte's life and the battles of the French Empire. Kubrick, famous for his obsessive attention to detail, apparently amassed thousands of […]

The BBC website (UK) reports on the forthcoming auction of a Napoleonic sea fort that sits at the entrance to Portsmouth harbour. Click here for the full article (external link).

The BBC website (UK) features a story on the history of a man from Thornton le Dale (North Yorkshire) who stood guard over Napoleon whilst on the island of St. Helena.  Click here for the full article (external link).

The INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel) website (France) has footage of the return to Corsica of the remains of Carlo Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte's father, which dates from 15 May, 1951. It would appear, however, that the journalist has made a mistake in suggesting that the mortal remains of Caroline Murat are also being returned as part of ceremony. As far as we […]

The British Library website (UK) has recently made available online its collection of 19th century newspapers. The site covers forty-nine regional newspapers from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, and allows the user to search for individual keywords or simply browse through the papers from a particular date or time period. Access to certain articles […]

Lot n° 539 on the website Live Auctioneers (USA) is a letter from 1815 which includes a postscript describing Napoleon's escape from the island of Elba and arrival back in France.   Click here for further details (external link).

The BBC News website (UK) reports on the forthcoming auction of the Union Jack flag that was flown from HMS Spartiate, one of Nelson's warships at the Battle of Trafalgar.   Click here for the full article (external link).