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PublicationThe Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 1, Politics and DiplomacyVolume 1: Politics and Diplomacy (Coordinators: Broers Michael, Dwyer Philip) Volume I of The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars covers the international foreign political dimensions of the wars and the social, legal, political and economic structures of the Empire. Leading historians from around the world come together to discuss the different aspects of the […]
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from 11/03/2023 to 05/06/2023ExhibitionNapoleon and “The Fainting of Esther”, An imperial gift for the first King of SaxonyThe latter owed his royal status to the French Emperor and in that year he travelled to Paris to visit his benefactor. The tapestry was given a prominent place in the dining room of the palace. In 1943, it was moved to Schleinitz Castle near Meissen for safekeeping, but after 1945 its whereabouts were unknown. […]
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from 07/04/2023 to 21/05/2023ExhibitionElisa’s letters: this is how the Princess of Lucca ruledThe exhibition is organised into two sections: Firstly, the correspondents, or the historical figures, the protagonists of Elisa’s correspondence. The second section demonstrates the tools and materials of written communication: paper, ink and everything you needed to govern a country before the advent of email. Here is a translation of the press presentation given by (from left): Massimiliano […]
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Napo FactfileThe Life of Napoleon III: a timeline for 6 years old +1808 – Birth of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte The future emperor Napoleon III was born in Paris during the night of 20/21 April. He was given the names Charles-Louis-Napoleon but he very quickly became known as simply Louis-Napoleon. His parents were Louis Bonaparte, king of Holland and brother of Napoleon I, and Hortense de Beauharnais. Charles-Napoleon’s uncle […]
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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 […]