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BULLETIN SENT TO MORE THAN 4000 READERS!
More than 4000 of you received the site information, many of you in French too (because, as you remember, the two contents are often different: thanks for your enthusiasm and also thanks for the many letters of encouragement which many have sent us.
'NAPOLEON' SEIZES BRAZIL
The Napoleon/Napoleao exhibition in Sao Paulo, organised by the Armando Alavarès Penteado Foundation, in collaboration with the Fondation Napoléon, continues to be a huge success: nearly 3,000 visitors both days last weekend.
NAPOLEON CORRESPONDANCE PROJECT: APPEAL FOR COLLABORATION
Preparation for the publication of Napoleon's correspondance is in full swing. The commentary for the letters 1794-1800 has begun. These letters will be in the first two volumes, to be published in the autumn of 2004. Don't forget that we still accept copies of letters by Napoleon - if you have any in you cupboards, that is - especially those dated 1794-1800, as they will the first published.
THIS MONTH'S PAINTING
The Salle des Saisons in the Louvre, by Hubert Robert (circa 1802)
September 1803, the Muséum central des Arts, renamed Musée Napoléon (i.e., the Louvre), opened its doors to the public: inaugurated on 10 August, 1793, the Muséum central had previously comprised the royal collections but soon to be enriched by the booty taken by the Revolutionary armies...
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
15 September, 1803: Robert Emmet (1778-1803), instigator of a serious (but unsuccessful) revolt on 23 July, 1803 in Dublin. Condemned to death, he was executed five days later with - 21 others involved in the revolt were also executed in the same period.
A committed member of the United Irishmen, Emmet saw the Act of Union as submission to England and violently opposed it. Persuaded of the necessity French support, like Wolfe Tone before 1798, Emmet had spent two years January 1801 to October 1802) in Paris attempting to rally the First Consul to his cause - but in vain.
Once back in Dublin, Emmet set about organising an uprising. He was forced by the explosion of some barrels of gunpowder on 23 July to begin before he was ready. Only 90 of the expected 2,000 men followed him. After surrounding the Lord Lieutenant, dragging him out of his carriage and killing him, the badly organised rebels were violently suppressed by the British militia. Emmet fled, but was arrested several days later.
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
Snippets
Archive Awareness Month, UK
Just published (and other books a little bit older)
Culture and literature
- British poetry and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Visions of Conflict, by Simon Bainbridge
- The Allure of Empire: Art in the service of French imperialism, by Todd Porterfield
Political
- British Monarchy and the French Revolution, by Marilyn Morris
Military and Naval
- The Duke of Wellington and the British army of occupation in France, 1815-1818, by Thomas Dwight Veve
- History of Warfare: the Napoleonic wars, by Gunther Rotheberg
- Napoleon's guns 1792-1815 (1): Field Artillery, by Rene Chartrand
- Napoleon's guns 1792-1815 (2): Heavy and Siege Artillery, by Rene Chartrand
- Maritime Power and the struggle for freedom: naval campaigns that shaped the world, 1788-1857, by Peter Padfield
Web sites
The Battle of the Arapiles - Salamanca 1812
Go to the Napoleonic Directory page, and select 'websites', then 'history', then scroll down to (or search) 'Arapiles'
What's on
- Exhibition: Art booty in the Napoleonic period. The "French gift" to Mainz, 1803
- Conference: the Napoleonic Association autumn conference
- Exhibition: Bonaparte or Buonaparte
The monthly titles
- Summer reading 2003
- This month's painting, The Salle des Saisons in the Louvre, by Hubert Robert (circa 1802)
- This month's article: Palmerston's follies: a reply to the French 'threat', by Peter Hicks
- In the Collectors Corner, a clock, "Diogenes looking for an honest man", by Claude Galle
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