To return to the site, www.napoleon.org, please click here.   Bulletin - Bulletin                    A TROPICAL WUTHERING HEIGHTS We are reaching the culmination of the Napoleonic bicentennial of the last few years. The month of October 2015 marks the commemoration of the arrival of Napoleon on the island of St Helena, on 15 October 1815, after a voyage of several months on board Northumberland, the first stage of a life now permanently confined, restricted. This week on 30 September, an official delegation of representatives from the Fondation Napoléon and the Souvenir Napoléonien, departed Paris, in the Emperor's footsteps so to speak, led by the Ambassador Jean Mendelson (representing the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Their journey to St Helena (significantly quicker than Napoleon's but nevertheless long by today's standards), will bring them to that same island on 7 October, for the official re-opening of Longwood House which has been “historically” restored thanks to the International appeal (launched between 2010-2014). Longwood, the residence assigned to Napoleon and his fellow exiles, windswept and rain-beaten, “a tropical Wuthering Heights”, to use the words of Jean-Paul Kauffmann, author of the melancholy essay, “La chambre noire de Longwood” (“The Dark Room at Longwood”). After a ceremony at the Tomb on 11 October, it will be time for celebrations: a parade in Jamestown on 15 October, symbolic planting of trees in the gum-tree forest on 17 October, re-enactment of the arrival of Napoleon on 18 October, and  a chance for the local residents to rediscover Longwood House during the Public Open Days.   We warmly invite you to follow these commemorations with us throughout the month of October on napoleon.org, on our Facebook page Fondation Napoleon in English, and on Twitter, with daily articles, documents and news. Irène Delage Head of Services to the public and documentation at the Fondation Napoléon          BOOK OF THE MONTH > NAPOLEONIC WARS IN CARTOONS BY MARK BRYANT This is the paperback edition of Mark Bryant's 2009 chronological pictorial history of the napoleonic period, richly illustrated with an emphasis on the political and joke cartoons published as individual prints. Dr Mark Bryant is a leading authority in the field of historical cartoons and caricature.   Our book of the month in French is NAPOLÉON. L'ÉPOPÉE EN 1000 FILMS by Hervé Dumont, with an introduction by Jean Tulard. FONDATION NAPOLEON'S CERCLE d'ETUDE LECTURE SERIES If you would like to attend Timothée Bartkowiak-Bouvet's lecture  “Le maréchal Berthier et Chambord” which takes place on 21 October 2015 at 18h (in French) at the Fondation Napoleon you may sign up this week from 7th October. Details (in French).        FOCUS > NAPOLEONIC CARICATURES TWO EXHIBITIONS IN VALENCIENNES > EUROPEAN NAPOLEONIC CARICATURES AND A BRITISH OCCUPATION Until 18 October, the French town of Valenciennes is holding two exhibitions. The first “Napoléon gravé à l'acide, une coalition de caricatures!” celebrates Napoleonic caricatures (rare examples of engraved satire from France, Italy, Spain and Britain bequeathed by Général Louis Chéré) and the other “1815-1818 : Valenciennes à l'heure anglaise” explores the period of 3 years during which 10,000 British soldiers occupied the town after the Battle of Waterloo.  A recent article (external link in French) explores this second theme in more detail. ONLINE > ANTI-NAPOLEON And why not have a look at the Fondation Napoleon's own online exhibition “Anti-Napoleon”, illustrated with caricatures from the collection of the Musée de Malmaison as well as several items from various institutions in France, Switzerland or from private collectors.        EXHIBITION AND LECTURE > NAPOLÉON AND HUNTING: PASSION AND POWER On Wednesday 14 October from 6.30-8.30pm there will be a lecture (in French) « Napoléon et la chasse, une affaire de passion et de pouvoir » organised by the Fondation Napoléon and the Club de la Chasse et de la Nature in the auditorium of the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (62, rue des Archives 75003 Paris) More details on how to attend here (pdf in French).   The museum will also be organising a special exhibition from 13 to 18 October 2015 centered on the painting "Napoléon Ier chassant à courre dans la forêt de Fontainebleau" de Carle Vernet and early 19th-century works from the Museum's collection (image © Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris). Click on the link to find out more about this painting.        13 OCTOBER 1815 > BICENTENARY OF DEATH OF JOACHIM  MURAT As well as the exhibition "Murat, King of Naples, at the charge!"("Murat re di Napoli. A passo di carica") at the Piazzo Reale di Napoli (until 19 October), and the week of commemorations organised at Pizzo, the bicentenary of Napoleon's brotehr-in-law will also be marked in Reggio with the 21st edition of the conference on the King of Naples on the same day as his death.   YOUNG HISTORIANS > MURAT KING OF NAPLES Have a look at this portrait by the painter Antoine-Jean Gros and find out more about Napoleon's brother-in law, Joachim Murat, one of the most skilful horsemen of the First Empire, who was executed 200 years ago on 13 October 1815.        BICENTENARY OF NAPOLEON'S VOYAGE TO ST HELENA As we enter the month of October 2015, why not follow day by day what happened on board Northumberland exactly 200 years ago as she carried the Emperor to his final destination in this Extract from the diary of John R. Glover, secretary to Rear admiral Cockburn (on board Northumberland) 29 September - 18 October 1815. Find out more about Glover's diaries on board Northumberland in this article by the librarian of the Fondation Napoléon's Bibliothèque M. Lapeyre Library, Chantal Lheureux-Prévot. This picture is a detail from 'The Exile's Departure' by Thomas Luny (1826) showing the moment Napoleon was transferred from Bellerophon to Northumberland in the bay of Torbay (© Torbay Council). A recent BBC radio program (first 15 minutes), with guests authors Jenny Uglow and Andrew Roberts, describes the short but memorable moment that Napoleon spent in Torbay harbour.  ARTICLE > When Napoleon became an English tourist attraction (external link). We will also be bringing you news and special items relating to St Helena and Napoleon's final exile, day by day over the next month via our Facebook pages in English and in French as well as Twitter so don't forget to sign up and follow!     Wishing you an excellent Napoleonic week!   Peter Hicks and Rebecca Young    THE NAPOLEON.ORG BULLETIN No. 772, 2 - 9 OCTOBER, 2015 Interested in the work of the Fondation Napoléon? Why not participate, either generally or in a specific project, by making a donation?   © This Napoleon.org weekly bulletin is published by the Fondation Napoléon. Reproduction or all or part of this bulletin is forbidden, without prior agreement of the Fondation Napoléon          WATERLOO BICENTENARY 1815-2015 What's on this year relating to the Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo: commemorations, books, exhibitions, news ...  Follow us on our new English-language Facebook page and on Twitter! napoleon.org - related content: JUST PUBLISHED - WHITEHEAD, Anne, The Emperor's Shadow: Bonaparte, Betsy and the Balcombes, (London, Allen & Unwin, 2015). WHAT'S ON (see our website for all events) Conferences - Waterloo, 1815: The British Monarchy and the Defeat of Napoleon  Windsor, UK [14/11/2015]   Exhibitions - Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution, 1850-1910 (Splendour and Misery. Pictures of Prostitution)  Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France [22/09/2015 - 17/01/2016] - "1815-1818 : Valenciennes à l'heure anglaise" and "Napoléon gravé à l'acide, une coalition de caricatures!" Bibliothèque de Valenciennes, France  [16/09/2015 - 18/10/2015] NEW - Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842) Grand Palais, Paris, France [23/09/2015 - 11/01/2016] - Le Bivouac de Napoléon : luxe et ingéniosité en campagne Galerie des Gobelins, Paris [18/09/2015 - 13/12/2015] - Daniel Maclise: The Waterloo Cartoon Royal Academy of Arts (UK)  [02/09/2015 - 03/01/2016]  - Murat, King of Naples, at the charge! Palazzo Reale, Naples, Italy [19/05/2015 - 19/10/2015] LAST DAYS - Dancing into Battle: The Duchess of Richmond's Ball, Goodwood House, Sussex (UK)  [03/08/2015 - 11/10/2015] LAST DAYS - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon: Napoleon's Draughtsman Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK [23/06/2015 - 15/11/2015] - 'Waterloo and the March of Science', Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath, UK  [18/06/2015 - 13/12/2015] - '"Victory Sir, Victory!" Henry Percy and the Battle of Waterloo, 1815', Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, UK [18/05/2015 - 30/10/2015] LAST DAYS - 'The Road to Waterloo' and ‘Waterloo Lives' Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland  [03/02/2015 - 28/11/2015] - 'Waterloo' at the Bomann-Museum, Celle, Germany [02/04/2015 - 11/10/2015] LAST DAYS  - 'Napoleon und Bayern' Bayerisches Armeemuseum, Ingolstadt, Germany [30/04/2015 - 30/10/2015] LAST DAYS  - 'Waterloo 1815 - The Battle for Peace' at Wellington Arch and new display at Apsley House London UK [18/04/2015 - 30/12/2015]  'Alexander, Napoleon and Josephine: a story of war, art and friendship' Hermitage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [28/03/2015 - 08/11/2015] SEEN ON THE WEB - The Legacy of 1815: Are we in danger of neglecting the true importance of one of history's epochal years? - Tetanus, the grinning death (including an account by Charles Bell regarding tetanus-infected wounded following the Battle of Corunna 1809) - Wine, Veal & a Roasting Pig at Napoleon's St. Helena Feast THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MARTIAL-LAPEYRE FONDATION NAPOLEON LIBRARY  The library is normally open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 1pm to 6pm and on Thursdays and Fridays from 10am to 3pm. 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