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COME IN, IT'S OPEN
The exhibition "Treasures of the Fondation Napoléon" opened on 28 September. All it needs is vistors to go to the Musée Jacquemart-André, 158 Blvd Haussmann, Paris (75008). And to tempt you into going, why not (re-)read the interview with Bernard Chevallier, the presentation of the remarkable scenography Michel Albertini and see some photos of the official opening, 27 September.
THIS MONTH'S BOOK
Napoleon and the British, by Stuart Semmel
This long overdue book gives an intelligent discussion of British reactions to Napoleon. Most notable is the treatment of the way in which opposition politicians in Britain used Napoleon as a point of departure for a reconsideration of British history, the legitimacy of the house of Hannover, and how to interpret the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
200 YEARS AGO
Louis XVIII continued his search for a country in which to settle: having been refused by both Russia and Prussia mid-September, the Comte de Lille (as he was then known) turned towards the King of Sweden, Gustav IV, who allowed him to stay. Louis XVIII and his court reached Calmar on 25 September. When Louis' brother, the Comte d'Artois, joined him on 14 Vendémiaire, An XIII (6 October, 1804), the pretender to the Bourbon throne set about writing what came later to be known as the Declaration of Calmar. Symbolically dated 2 December, 1804, the declaration protested at the "horrible farce of a coronation" of Napoleon I. The pamphlet was to be distributed at the beginning of 1805.
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
Snippets
Digitisation of the Prints from the Curzon Collection
Just published
Princesses: the six daughters of George III, by Flora Fraser
Beloved Emma: The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton, by Flora Fraser
Trafalgar: the biography of a battle, by Roy Adkins
What's on
- Exhibition: The Treasures of the Fondation Napoléon, Paris
- Conference: International Conference: Visions of Napoleon's European politique
- Study Day: Napoleon and Rome
- Theatre: The Emperor's last battle - last minute cancellation!!
Play no longer to be performed
- Exhibition: Images of the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon
- Conference: Napoleonic Association, UK
- Exhibition: Was für ein Theater, Krönungen & Spektakel in napoleonischer Zeit
(What a show! Coronations and pomp in the Napoleonic period), Château d'Arenenberg, Switzerland
- Exhibition: Giovanni Spadolini's passion for Napoleon: a tale of history, politics and culture, Elba, Italy
- Exhibition: Napoleon. The Sacre, at the Musée Fesch, Ajaccio
The monthly titles
- This month's book: Napoleon and the British, by Stuart Semmel
- This month's painting: General Bonaparte and his chief of staff, general Berthier, at the Battle of Marengo, by Robert Lefevre, Carle Vernet and Joseph Boze
- This month's article: Autograph Bonaparte letters at the Universities of Princeton (USA) and Vilnius (Lithuania). A tale of Napoleonic forgeries?, by Peter Hicks
- In the Collectors Corner, Dessert plate from the «Service particulier de l'Empereur» : "Le prytanée de Saint-Cyr" by N.-A. Lebel
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