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Napo FactfileThe life of Napoleon I: a timeline for 6 years old +1769 – Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte On 15 August 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, in Corsica, into a aristocratic family. He parents, Charles and Letizia already had one son, called Joseph. There would eventually be five boys (Joseph, Napoleon, Lucien, Louis and Jerome) and three girls (Elisa, Caroline and Pauline) in the family. […]
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PaintingPortrait of Sarah Bernhardt in the role of the “Aiglon”Sarah Bernhardt is undoubtedly the most celebrated and even adored actress of the Belle Époque in France. In addition to her unanimously celebrated talent, she left another legacy: that of having brought to life the main character in Edmond Rostand’s play of the same name,… -
ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks: Not returned to sender! An unknown, almost-delivered Napoleon letter from St HelenaAt 4pm on 25 July 1818, when the soldiers came to prise Barry O’Meara out of Longwood House on St Helena, Napoleon’s Irish doctor excused himself saying he had to go to his room to collect his papers. Four hours later, he emerged and was escorted manu militari from the island. In those four hours […]
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PublicationKutuzov: A Life in War and PeaceThis text is the first modern English-language biography of Mikhail Golenischev-Kutuzov, the famed Russian field marshal and central character of Leo Tolstoy’s epic War and Peace. One of the most important military minds of the period, he is credited with defeating Napoleon and saving Russia, though… -
PaintingA Photograph of Empress Eugenie in Prayer (1856)During the summer of 1856, photographer Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) made several portraits of the Empress Eugenie at the Palace of Saint-Cloud; she had given birth to the Prince Imperial a few months earlier (on 16 March). The idea behind the photos was to assist fellow artist Thomas Couture (1815-1879) in his composition of a […]
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from 02/02/2023 to 04/02/2023ConferenceThe 53rd Annual Meeting of the Consortium on the Revolutionary EraThe 53rd Annual Meeting of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era will be held 2-4 February 2023, at Fort Worth, Texas. The Conference hotel is the Sheraton Fort Worth Downtown. In Session 1B: “Napoleon, Islam and the Question of Religion” Peter Hicks (International Affairs manager at the Fondation Napoléon) will speak on the following topic: Talking […]
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from 13/01/2023 to 01/05/2023ExhibitionThe French Navy during the First EmpireThis new temporary exhibition invites you to discover the technical innovations brought to navigation, the daily life of the men on board the frigates of the period as well as the contribution of Belgian resources in the development of the imperial navy! The exhibition will present an authentic collection of objects including a selection of […]
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from 10/01/2023 to 27/06/2023TalkWinter and spring 2023 programme of Napoleonica® lecturesHere is the updated program (as of 21 February) for the winter and spring 2023 sessions of Napoleonica® lectures. (*3 talks have been reprogrammed) 10 January, (for the 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III): “the sad medical demise of Napoleon III“, by Alain Goldcher 17 January (for the bicentenary of the death of […]
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ArticleTalking Point with Thierry Lentz – Modernity and globalisation are also Napoleon III9 January 2023 will be the 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III. It will probably go unnoticed by the general public, even though we know that several French media are preparing special issues and articles to mark the event. -
ObjectPosthumous Bust of Napoleon III, 1873-1874, by Jean-Baptiste CarpeauxAfter the fall of the Empire in 1870, the Emperor Napoleon III, in exile in Chislehurst (UK) was in poor health. The sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) was summoned in 1872 to create the first sketches for an imperial bust. In the end, Carpeaux arrived after…