Press reviews

Bnet.com features Martin R Howard's article “Walcheren 1809: a medical catastrophe”, which originally appeared in the British Medical Journal. Click here for the article (external link).

From Le Parisien.fr (France):   The French director, Patrice Chéreau, has announced that his film project “The Monster of Longwood”, which was set to star Al Pacino as Napoleon Bonaparte during his last days in exile on the island of St. Helena, has been cancelled. Talking to journalists at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival […]

Agence France Press (AFP) has a review of the re-enactment weekend that took place in Waterloo over 18-21 June, 2009.   Click here for the article (external link).

The New York Times (USA) reports on John Galliano's new summer collection, which takes inspiration from the life and campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte, as well as the famous 1927 silent film Napoléon, by Abel Gance.   Click here for a short report and photos (external link).

The online edition of the Wall Street Journal (USA) offers a review of the “Napoléon” exhibition currently taking place in Philadelphia. Click here for the article (external link).

The website Numismaster.com (US) has an article on the recent 5 € commemorative coin issue depicting Andreas Hofer, which forms part of the bicentenary celebrations taking place this year. Click here for the article.

The website Artdaily.org has a review of the “Napoleon III and Paris” exhibition which is currently taking place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (USA).   Click here for the article.

The Institute of Historical Research's latest book review is of The Invention of Altruism. Making Moral Meanings in Victorian Britain by Thomas Dixon. Click here for the review (external link).

The Institute of Historical Research's latest book review is of Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts by Kathleen Callanan Martin.  Click here for the review and here for the author's response (external links).

The latest issue of the Fédération Européenne des Cités Napoléonienne newsletter has been released. For further information, including details on the Summer University 2009 (conference and workshops).   Click here for details of the programme (external link).