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Press reviewNapoleonica La Revue n° 18: Diplomacy, Law and Art History
Click here for the contents of this new issue of NAPOLEONICA LA REVUE: NAPOLEONICA LA REVUE n° 18: – Irène Delage Pages 2 to 3 Editorial : Diplomacy, Law and Art History (in French) ARTICLES PREMIER EMPIRE– Mireille Musso Diplomatic History Pages 4 to 21 Caulaincourt ambassadeur en Russie et la réalité de l'alliance franco-russe (in French) – […]
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Article200 years ago: 1814: The French Campaign, step by stepEvery week, read a new episode about the French Campaign: small texts taken from our "200 years ago" section in our weekly Bulletin. Don't forget to put this page in your internet favourites in order not to miss anything!
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PublicationLes vingt jours de Fontainebleau. La première abdication de Napoléon 31 mars-20 avril 1814
History the right way round: in his most recent, beautifully written book, Thierry Lentz investigates the complex circumstances of the end of the Empire, from 31 March to the capitulation of Paris, on 20 April, 1814, the day on which the fallen Emperor left for the island of Elba. It turns out that the traditional […]
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Timeline1813 and the lead up to the Battle of LeipzigEmpire : Directory / 1st EmpireTheme(s) : Military HistoryBiographyLaw de Lauriston, Jacques-Alexandre
Jacques-Alexandre Law de Lauriston was born in Pondichery (India) on 1 February, 1768. He was the grandnephew of the infamous Scotsman John Law, who was the short-lived Contrôleur Général des Finances under Philippe d'Orléans. Jacques-Alexandre's father was Jacques-François, a French General sometime Governor General of a French trading post in India and author of État politique […]
TimelineNapoleon’s Russian campaign: From the Niemen to MoscowEmpire : Directory / 1st EmpireTheme(s) : Military HistoryTimelineNapoleon’s Russian campaign: the march to the NiemenEmpire : Directory / 1st EmpireTheme(s) : Military HistoryArticleIntroduction to volume eight of the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte: southern expansion and resistanceGabriel Madec’s introduction to volume eight of the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte, published by the Fondation Napoléon and Fayard.ArticleAnother Napoleonic Mystery – Napoleon’s deathIn an article that first appeared in issues 116 and 117 of the magazine First Empire, Peter Friedman here takes a thorough look at Napoleon's medical history, exploring his various ailments and complaints from cradle to grave.ArticleAustrian Diplomacy: The Marriage of Marie Louise to NapoleonOn 6 February 1810, the Austrian ambassador to France, 1 His position had become uncomfortable as he awaited news of a response from St. Petersburg to Emperor Napoleon’s requests for an imperial marriage. Schwarzenberg believed that Tsar Alexander I would accept the overtures, Napoleon would marry the tsar’s sister, the Russian Grand-Duchess Anna Pavlovna, and […]