Press reviews

A film adaptation of the Brigadier Gerard adventures, written by Arthur Conan Doyle is in the pipeline. “The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard”, with Steve Carell attached to play the title-role, is preparing for a spring 2009 production start. The books recount the various adventures of Brigadier Gerard, one of Napoleon's bravest but also vainest soldiers, […]

Following up on the recent article in Le Point and the BBC report on said article from last week, the Thursday 22 January edition of the UK paper The Independent reports on the imminent release of La Marche Consulaire by Alain Duhamel. Click here for the article (external link).

Baron Gourgaud, administrator and honorary president of the Fondation Napoléon has been made an officier of the Légion d'Honneur in the New Year's Honours list. We offer our congratulations to the baron, who was the first president of the Fondation and held the office between 1987 and 2005.

The BBC website reports on Alain Duhamel's forthcoming book La Marche consulaire (The Consular March) and discusses the portrayal of French President Nicolas Sarkozy as the 'new Napoleon'. Click here for the full article (external link).

The website 'L'Histoire par l'Image' has a new animated analysis of the painting L'entrée de Napoléon à Berlin by Charles Meynier.   Click here for the animation (external link in French).

In this issue: – Dossier : le siège de Metz by François RothIntroductionAu début de la guerre franco-prussienneLes drames du blocusConséquences militaires, territoriales et psychologiques. – Louis Pasteur au service de l'Empire by Thierry Choffat– Les chasseurs à cheval by Louis Delperrier– Album : mariage de Plon-Plon et Clotilde de Savoie by Emmanuelle Papot– Le Jockey […]

It is with sadness that we announce the death on Christmas Day 2008 of Captain Dr Colin White, FSA, FRHistS, MA. Colin was a passionate Nelson expert who in the twenty-first century occupied a special place during the bicentenary commemorations of the British admiral. In 2001 he was seconded to the National Maritime Museum as […]

This week, the Institute of Historical Research offers a review by Martin Simpson (the University of the West of England) of Colette E. Wilson's book Paris and the Commune, 1871–78: the Politics of Forgetting.   Click here for the review (external link).

First Empire n° 104   In this issue:   – Respectable Spies!, by Peter M. Friedman, p4 – Soldier, Sailor, Monarch, by Blaine Taylor, p8 – The Empire Strikes Mack-Wertingen, by Steve Brown, p12 – The Napoleonic Historical Society, p18 – Napoleonic Newsdesk, by Paul Chamberlain, p22 – Lieutenant-Colonel Norcott, by Ben Townsend, p24 – […]

Articles 'The Napoleonic Invasion of Great Britain: did Nelson stop it or not?', by Graham Capel, p. 724 'Edward Gayner: the Royal Navy's man at Rosas (Part 1)', by Justin Reay, p. 728 'Nelson's Legacy: the Malta submarines', by Dr. Nick Slope, p. 738 '2008 The Nelson Society JST Lord Nelson Youth Award: Thirty-One Flags', […]