Publications : 64
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PublicationOrdre et désordre dans la France napoléonienne (in French)
From the publishers:When Napoleon Bonaparte took power in November 1799, he hammered home his intention to restore order in France and to re-establish a country scarred by a crisis that had lasted for ten years. He did not however wish to return to the founding principles of the Revolution but instead put an end to it, and […]
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PublicationJérôme Napoléon, roi de Westphalie
Catalogue of the exhibition Jérôme Napoléon, roi de Westphalie on display at the Musée national du château de Fontainebleau from 10 October 2008 to 8 January 2009, Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2008. At a time when Napoleon dominated the European scene, his brothers and sisters installed on the various thrones across the continent played a decisive role […]
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PublicationThe Fall of Napoleon: Volume 1, The Allied Invasion of France, 1813–1814
From the publishers:Crushing defeats in Russia (1812) and Germany (1813) caused the collapse of Napoleon's empire and brought his enemies to the Rhine River at the close of 1813. With a depleted and exhausted army, Napoleon attempted to direct the defense of his frontier from the Alps to the North Sea from Paris while he […]
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PublicationNapoleon in Egypt
From the publishers: In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte, only twenty-eight, mounted the most audacious military campaign of his already spectacular career. With 335 ships, 40,000 soldiers, and a collection of scholars, artists, scientists, and inventors, he set sail for Egypt to establish an Eastern empire in emulation of Alexander the Great. Like everything Napoleon ever […]
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PublicationThomas Hope: Designer and Patron in Regency London
About the catalogue:The son of the wealthiest merchant bankers in Europe, Thomas Hope (1769-1831) was a major catalyst in the arts of Regency England. At the age of 18, he embarked on a Grand Tour to the Continent and started to assemble the remarkable art collection that he later installed in his Duchess Street house […]
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PublicationCommander: Napoleon at War
For all those who think that they could have done a better job on the battlefield than Napoleon, Slitherine Strategies have released Commander: Napoleon at War, a turn-based strategy game for the PC. The game offers budding Napoleonic generals the opportunity to take control of la Grande Armée in the major campaigns between 1805 and […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s 200 Days (in Polish)
Commemorating Napoleon's 200-day campaign in Poland and eastern Prussia from 1806-1807, this book brings together photographs of the surrounding area, contemporary eye-witness accounts as well as commentaries, tables, maps, battle-plans and napoleonic postcards and illustrations, all detailing the various stages and battles of the campaign. Depicting the decisive phase, the album begins with Napoleon's operations at […]
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PublicationIn Conversation with Napoleon Bonaparte: J. H. Vivian’s visit to the island of Elba
John Henry Vivian (1785-1855) was a leading British copper-master and one of the makers of modern Swansea. As a young man, in 1814-15 he made a tour of the Continent of Europe during which he met the deposed Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Vivian kept a journal of his travels, and this book publishes his account of […]
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PublicationArchitects and artists at the court of Naples in the Napoleonic period (in Italian)
From the publishers:During the French decade 1806-1815, Naples was once again in direct contact with European civilisation. King Joseph Bonaparte and Joachim Murat here played an important role with their programmes of architectural and artistic commissions. Royal projects once again became key centres of artistic production: local architects, painters and sculptors collaborated directly with French, […]
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PublicationThe Flight of the Eagle: Napoleon Bonaparte from the battlefields to the history books (in Italian)
From the publishers:As well as the catalogue of an exhibition held at the Napoleonic residences on the island of Elba from 23 April to 21 October 2007, this book also includes eighteen essays on various aspects of the history and legend of Napoleon, by authors such as Roberta Martinelli, Ugo Barlozzetti, Massimo Bertolucci, Sandro Matteoni, Antonio Paolucci, Sandro […]