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This long-awaited book is literally a “Private View” of probably the largest and richest private Napoleonic collection in the world, rivalling those of major museums. Each object or artwork of Bruno Ledoux’s collection is intimately connected to the life, times or legacy of the Emperor Napoleon. Publisher’s presentation: A timeless symbol of power and ambition, […]

On Friday 12 January 2018, the organ of the church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul in Rueil-Malmaison (Paris Region) whose gilded case, dating from the late fifteenth century was donated by Napoleon III, was blessed by the episcopal vicar of Nanterre, in celebration of the completion of an eighteen-month restoration operation, at the cost of €205,269, […]

Every month, the “Bullet Point” will confront a question related to the First Empire. My remarks are designed to form the basis for debate and, I hope, research. (Thierry Lentz, January 2018, English translation by Peter Hicks)

Historians in recent times have more or less given up studying the constitutions of the Napoleonic era on the grounds that they were merely window-dressing for the pursuit of personal power. So when modern historians and writers about constitutional law describe the rules by which Napoleonic government worked, they differ from those of the 19th […]

Every month, the “Bullet Point” will confront a question related to the First Empire. My remarks are designed to form the basis for debate and, I hope, research. This month, I am asking myself the question whether, as some still say, Napoleon’s France was “the…