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PublicationFrance in the Maltese Collective Memory Perceptions, Perspectives, Identities after Bonaparte in British MaltaPublisher’s presentation: Retrieving memories from the French interlude of 1798-1800 the author presents current academic theories of collective memory and researched documents – some for the first time – in Malta and abroad to argue the case for Malta’s identity as perceived by different generations… -
14/02/2022TalkOnline talk >The Faces of War 1809. Soldiers, Civilians, SurgeonsThe year 1809 saw the invasion of the Austrian Empire by the armies of Napoleonic France. On 13 May, a little over a month after the beginning of the campaign, Vienna was occupied by French troops for the second time since 1805. In the following months two major battles took place near the Habsburg capital: […]
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from 17/02/2022 to 15/05/2022ExhibitionJacques Louis David: Radical DraftsmanThrough the lens of his preparatory studies, the exhibition looks beyond his public successes to chart the moments of inspiration and the progress of ideas. Visitors will follow the artist’s process as he gave form to the neoclassical style and created major canvases that shaped the public’s perceptions of historical events in the years before, […]
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ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks: Writing about Napoleon 1821-1921-2021Just like the year 2021, 1921 was a period when people were remembering Napoleon and his extraordinary story. On 5 May 1921, Napoleon was uppermost in the minds of politicians and voters on both sides of the channel. Emblematic is the fact that when Foch… -
ArticleTalking Point with Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling: co-writing History“- Madame, I strongly dislike women who take an interest in politics. – Monsieur, in a period when their heads are being cut off, it is perfectly normal for women to wonder why that may be happening. This piquant exchange took place between Napoleon and Madame… -
PublicationFrench and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison, 1805-1816. The strangest experimentThis remarkable book turns the spotlight on an strangely un-illuminated part of the Napoleonic Wars, namely Prisoner of War incarceration, whether in Prison or in Hulks, focussing particularly on the specially constructed POW prison on Dartmoor (UK). Two juxtaposed statistics illustrate graphically why this book is welcome – there were between 130,000 and 150,000 French […]
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PaintingBertrand Andrieu or the SkaterAmong the countless works exhibited at the Salon of 1798 hung a surprising work by a still little-known artist named Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine.[1] Pierre-Maximilien was born in 1774 into a family of bronzesmiths and could easily have taken the same professional path as his father. However, he preferred to pursue a career as a painter. Using […]
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from 16/02/2022 to 20/05/2022ExhibitionThe Emperor’s fortresses. Napoleon and his military engineers in Europe at war