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BOOK OF THE MONTH
Eugenie: The Empress and Her Empire, by Desmond Seward
From 1853 to 1870 Eugenie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III. She impressed the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck so much that he called her 'The only man in Paris'...
HONOUR FOR THE PRINCE MURAT
By order of the Par French Secretary of State for Tourism, dated 2 January, 2004, the French Gold Medal for Tourism was awarded to the Prince Murat, director of the Tourist and Conference Office of the Principality of Monaco. Indeed, this is the highest French honour for Tourism. It is the recognition of thirty years work and success. Administrator of the Fondation Napoléon, the Prince Murat is also Chevalier of the Ordre de Saint-Charles and Silver Medal of the Ville de Paris. The Fondation Napoléon offers its congratulations.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO
In 1854, the first volume of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's ten-volume series entitled Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle (Dictionary of French Architecture from the 11th to 16th century) was published. For Viollet-le-Duc, the first principles of architecture were closely linked to the thought, economy, material and spiritual condition of the people connected with that architecture. As a result he not only described the types of architecture but also tried to indentify the reasons for their styles, their development and their disappearance.
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
On 18 Ventôse, An XII (9 March, 1804), Georges Cadoudal was arrested after a pursuit in the streets of the Saint-Michel quarter. During his interogation, he declared that he did not know either Pichegru or Moreau, but confirmed a pure-bred French prince was coming to Paris to give the throne back to the Bourbons. The following day, 19 Ventôse, Bonaparte gave the order for the arrest of the Duc d'Enghien, who suspected of being the pure-bred French prince. He had however already been under surveillance by the French secret service for several months.
On 20 Ventôse, a council comprising Cambacérès, Lebrun, Réal, Murat, the Grand Juge Régnier, Talleyrand and Fouché meet at the Tuileries to decide the fate of the Duc d'Enghien, and pronounced his death sentence.
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
Press review
- Francesco Frasca's web article (in Italian) on the Italian army of Jacobin period
- French History, December 2003
What's on
- Exhibition: Napoleon in Coblenz
- Workshop: University courses in Jena 1800
- Exhibition: The Albums of Napoleon III
- Commemoration: 9th annual commemorative ceremony for the anniversary of the death of the Prince Imperial
- Exhibition: Napoleon and the sea, a dream of Empire, Paris
- Exhibition: Art booty in the Napoleonic period. The "French gift" to Mainz, 1803 - CLOSING SOON!
- Exhibition: Napoleon and the Jouy Cloth
The monthly titles
- This month's book: Eugenie: The Empress and Her Empire, by Desmond Seward
- This month's painting: Justice and Divine Vengeance pursuing Crime, by Prud'hon
- This month's article:The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, (The 52nd Light Infantry) at the Battle of Waterloo - Chapter V, by William Leake
- In the Collectors Corner, the Roi de Rome's cradle
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