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We have had problems with a mailing list server, hence this late arrival. Please accept our humbles apologies.
THIS MONTH'S BOOK
Britain and the defeat of Napoleon, 1807-1815, by Rory Muir
An account of the last years of Britain's war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, in which Rory Muir attempts to show how the entire British nation (the politicians, the press, the crown, civilians, soldiers and commanders) concerted to bring about Napoleon's defeat.
150 YEARS AGO
In February 1853, the Tsar Nicholas I was engaged in a trial of strength with the Sultan Abdülmecit, on the subject of Orthodox Christians living within the Ottoman Empire. Napoleon III had approached England with aim of building a defensive alliance in support of the Porte.
2 June, 1853, French vessels manoeuvered in the straight of the Dardanelles, hoping to block Russian access to Constantinople. The Crimean war was beginning...
4 June, 1853, a law was passed in France concerning the creation of creation of juries, which introduced the notion of a guarantee of capacity and morality for those on the jury.
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
10 Prairial, An XI (30 May, 1803), the order was given for all French militarymen to rejoin their units
12 Prairial, An XI (1 June, 1803), France made overtures to Austria with a view to an alliance
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
What's on
- Study Days: Napoleonic May, Elba
- Festival: Australian Napoleonic Congress, New South Wales
- Re-enactment: Napoleonic Association British Summer Events
- Re-enactment: Napoleonic Association Continental Summer Events
- Re-enactment: Ligny 2003
Web sites
Three 'Napoleonic' web sites
Go to the Napoleonic Directory, then 'Web sites', and select 'Associations' for the
- The Asociación Napoleónica Española
'History' for
- The Georgian underworld
and
- The History of Economic Thought
The monthly titles
- Book of the Month: Britain and the defeat of Napoleon, 1807-1815, by Rory Muir
- This month's picture, The Downpour (L'Averse), by Louis Léopold Boilly
- Article of the Month, Napoleon's Courtesans, Citoyennes, and Cantinières, by Susan P. Conner
- In the Collectors Corner, Josephine's wedding basket
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