Publications

Publisher’s note: A recent French biography begins, Who doesn’t know Nadar? In France, that’s a rhetorical question. Of all of the legendary figures who thrived in mid-19th-century Paris—a cohort that includes Victor Hugo, Baudelaire, Gustave Courbet, and Alexandre Dumas—Nadar was perhaps the most innovative, the most restless, the most modern. The first great portrait photographer, a pioneering […]

From the publishers: Henry Percy is best known as the officer who carried the Waterloo Dispatch, the Duke of Wellington’s account of the Battle of Waterloo and of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon, to London in June 1815. This was the climax of a remarkable military career. He served in the British army throughout the […]

Publisher’s presentation: “Admiral Lord Nelson’s diamond Chelengk is one of the most famous and iconic jewels in British history. Presented to Nelson by the Sultan Selim III of Turkey after the Battle of the Nile in 1798, the jewel had thirteen diamond rays to represent the French ships captured or destroyed at the action. A […]

This is the catalogue (in German) for the 2017 exhibition at the Museum Herzog Anton Ulrich, (Braunschweig Germany), with contributions by Guillaume Nicoud, Virginie Desrantes, Olivier Baustian and Heinrich Jobst von Wintzingerode.  

Introduction to the volume (English translation) Contents – Preface by Pierre Laugeay, Chef du Service historique de la Défense — Editorial Committee for the Correspondance of Napoleon – Introduction by François Houdecek – The Correspondence of Napoléon Bonaparte : 2 600 annotated letters – Letters in private collections (text not available) – Annexes: — Nominations of extraordinary commissioners (décret du […]

This publication by the CNRS is the proceedings of the conference “Napoleon and the law. Law and justice during the Consulate and the Empire”, which took place in the context of the Chaire Napoléon (created in partnership with ICES and the Fondation Napoléon), at La Roche-sur-Yon (in the Vendée region of France), from 14-16 March […]

Read an extract from the Introduction (in English) An interview with Peter Hicks about the discovery of the manuscript An interview with Chantal Prevot on the history of the publication An interview with François Houdecek Who was the Conte de Las Cases? Publishers’ presentation: The original text which enabled Las Cases to publish the Mémorial de […]

In this the second volume in a series of twelve, the director of the French Domains of St Helena, Michel Dancoisne Martineau, asks two questions. Why was this small island chosen as the place of detention for Europe’s most wanted prisoner? And what exactly was the island like when Napoleon landed there on 15 October […]

Publisher’s presentation:   Focuses on the interaction between French migrants and their British hosts following the French Revolution Utilises a range of both traditional and innovative sources to recreate French and British encounters Examines the situations, individuals and locations that were fundamental to emigrant-British cultural transfers This book examines diverse encounters between the British community and the thousands of French individuals who […]

‘I congratulate you on your research efforts and dedicated work’ Ben Weider, founder of the International Napoleonic Society Presentation by the author:When Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the remote island of St Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 he took with him twenty-four people, including his doctor, servants and four […]