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FOR THE RECORD
The poisoning affair, again! The current issue of the French general public science magazine Science et Vie, on sale on Tuesday, has an in-depth article on the scientific analysis of hair capillaries, new experiments, new scientific conclusions. And the title of article? "Napoléon was not murdered!". Watch this space!
EVEN MORE FUN STUFF ON THE SITE
Discover our Period Glossary, a list of words, expression and famous quotations from the Napoleonic 19th century: Lines, Roads, Mounseers.., 'Meet your Waterloo', 'Wellingtons', and famous (spurious!) quotes such as 'England is a nation of shopkeepers'.
THIS MONTH'S OBJECT
The Traveller
Meissonier made wax models as part the preparation for his paintings. The Traveller, a mounted officer braving the elements, is one of the most famous examples of the genre.
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
Paris, 1 Brumaire, An XI (23 October, 1802), the Société d'encouragement pour l'Industrie nationale (Society for the encouragement of industry in France) announced a competition for the improvement of fishing nets. Those wishing to take part were asked to send a sample of their net to the secretariat of the society, rue Saint-Dominique, and to the mayor of the 10th arrondissement.
Paris, 4 Brumaire, An XI (26 October, 1802), the journal Publiciste announced the publication in Paris of an English journal entitled The Argus, or London review'd in Paris. The aim of the journal was to give information and recount anecdotes concerning Britain. The owners gave as a reason for their arrival in France the very high taxes on the press in Britain.
Publiciste, 5 Brumaire, An XI
(This English journal ran until July 1810 - some copies are held at the French Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris)
6 Brumaire, An XI (28 October, 1802), the First Consul and his wife undertook a journey to Normandy. According to contemporary police reports, such a trip could have worried Britain because it would not be limited to visiting the manufactories of Seine Inférieure but would also include all the ports in the region. That being said, the British citizens kept under surveillance in Paris reported the reassurance of their government that 'even though France may have many vessels, it does not have the superior officers and seamen to sail them."
A. Aulard: Paris sous le Consulat, Recueil de documents, tome 3, p. 351.
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
Snippets
Obituary - Elizabeth Longford
Just published
The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon - Colin Jones
What's on
- Napoleon and Alexander I in Hildesheim (Germany)
- Presentation of the review Rivista Napoleonica RNR in Turin (Italy)
- Exhibition: Nelson & Emma, Personal Pots and Lasting Mementos
- Exhibition: Seat of Empire
The monthly titles
- Book of the Month: Seven Ages of Paris: Portrait of a City, by Alistair Horne
- This month's picture, The Immortality of Nelson (1807), by Benjamin West
- Article of the Month, The First Italian Campaign: Act One, by Jacques Jourquin
- In the Collectors Corner, The Traveller, by Meissonier
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