Publications

The Coup d'Etat on 2 December 1851 greatly divided the French people. After more than 150 years, the time has come to put aside partisan perspectives and, through the sources and eye-witnesses, uncover the real historical truth of the event. Here the coup d'Etat is described hour by hour, indeed minute by minute. Alain Decaux […]

The annexation of Tuscany to the French empire was exceptionally important in the history of the Italian peninsula. The ‘French' government was to introduce methods of social control that had never before been seen in Tuscany and which would have a profound effect on the region. In his masterful two-volume book, Edgardo Donati has two […]

 From the publishers:The lavish art and lifestyle of the French aristocracy, so violently interrupted by the Revolution in the late eighteenth century, was transformed with Napoleon's arrival at the dawn of the nineteenth. And once he declared himself Emperor, he never ceased in his quest to make Paris into the showcase of the civilized world. […]

Carlos Díaz Capmany, Robin Pedler and Justin Reay offer three essays on the events that took place in and around the town of Roses, in Catalonia, Spain, during Napoleon's Peninsular campaign. The collection includes an introduction by Magda Casamitjana i Aguilà, Mayor of Roses as well as the essays in Catalan and their original languages (Spanish, French and English).Essays: Introduction, by […]

This thoroughly-researched study explains and relates the little-known events that form part of the revolutionary history of the 18th century, a large part of which has been overshadowed by the French Revolution. The work takes a trans-national approach and investigates closely the exchanges that took place between the three countries that were in the throes of their various revolutions. […]

 From the publishers:Nelson is a household name in Britain, the man who won the Battle of Trafalgar and established British naval supremacy for 100 years. His career was full of such impressive victories, and his boldness and dramatic initiative were renowned and controversial both in his own time and today. This book studies his career as […]

 From the publishers:In 1815, after an adventurous war, the young Irish doctor Barry O'Meara accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to look after Napoleon in his banishment on St Helena. In one of the most isolated places in the world, Napoleon and his entourage fought a constant battle with the security-obsessed British military who were […]

Paul Richardson offers a report of the discovery and subsequent analysis of two mass graves found in Vilnius, Lithuania, during the foundation work for a projected residential development. Beginning with a concise introduction and description of Napoleon's ill-fated Russian campaign of 1812, Richardson proceeds to detail the nature of the discovery, including the process involved […]

Volume five of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon Bonaparte, published by the Fondation Napoléon and Editions Fayard contains 1764 annotated letters and a preface by Martine de Boisdeffre, Directrice des Archives de France. It was edited by Michel Kerautret and Gabriel Madec, with the assistance of François Houdecek, Elodie Lerner and Irène Delage, and includes […]

This month's book is the collection of essays presented at the international conference held in October 2005 in Portsmouth (UK) on the bicentenary anniversary of the battle Trafalgar. It offers some of the most up-to-date scholarship of the naval battle and includes articles by Admiral Rémy Monach (Grand Prix, Fondation Napoléon 2005), Michael Broers (Grand […]