Publications : 1274
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PublicationHistoria, n° 610
Vivant Denon: a soldier/painter in the land of the Pharaohs Vivant Denon followed Bonapart on the Egyptian campaign and brought back some exceptional documents which sparked off a craze on all things Egyptian, known as ‘egyptomanie’. It was during this campaign that the Rosetta Stone was found by the French – it was not however […]
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PublicationCitoyens Officiers de Napoléon Derval – Trusty companions of Napoleon Ist
A book which tells the story of the military careers of a handful of officers; humble citizens ennobled by the great epic of the history of the First Empire.
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PublicationEurope under Napoleon 1799-1815
Reviewed by Mike Rapport of the University of Stirling (UK) in the British periodical French History, vol. 12, no. 3, Sept. 1998.
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PublicationThe Collapse of Barings
The saga of Baring Brothers begins in the 18th century, reaching its first peak when the bankers financed a loan to the United States allowing it to purchase Louisiana from Napoleon, despite England being at war against France. They would become the most celebrated banking house in Europe as is witnessed in the verse of […]
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PublicationNapoleon in Fiction – The Belly of Paris.
Originally published in 1873 and, until recently, difficult to find in translation, this is Zola's sad sad tale of a schoolteacher's ill-fated life during the Second Empire. Napoleon III's Paris is painted with the kind of colour that recalls Dickens' evocations of London. Zola's prose is brutally descriptive of his setting, which are the new markets […]
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PublicationNapoléon et la Perse
Amini’s interesting book on Napoleon’s relations with Persia (published by the Napoleon Foundation) is still available.
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PublicationTsar Alexander I
This is part of a series which provides studies of key, political figures in world history since 1500. The books are not biographies as such; rather they are designed to be succinct interpretative essays analysing the major features of the career within the context of its own time. This book covers the career of Tsar […]
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PublicationKaiser und Erzkanzler Carl von Dalberg und Napoleon
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PublicationA Man of Honour: Adam Czartoryski as a Statesman of Russia and Poland 1795-1831
This book is a study of the political career of Prince Adam Czartoryski, a Polish patriot who rose to become foreign minister of the Russian Empire under Tsar Alexander I. A controversial figure in the history of both Poland and Russia, Czartoryski played a leading role in the struggle against Napoleon Bonaparte and was instrumental […]
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PublicationAnton Freiherr von Cetto (1756-1847): Ein bayerischer Diplomat der napoleonischen Zeit. Eine politische Biographie, (Francia Beihefte:Band 36)
A detailed discussion of the life and work of von Cetto and the way in which Franco-Bavarian relations in the period 1805-1815 were established. Neri illustrates how the triumvirate, Cetto, Montgelas and Maximilian I Joseph, organised the political decision-making process in the Bavarian government. Contrary to previous theories, von Cetto was not simply the executive […]