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EVENT
Publication of the first volume of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon
2283 letters written between 1784 and 1797, presented and annotated by the best specialists: the first volume of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon has been published by the French history publishers, Fayard. The indispensable work tool and the crowning moment of three years of work on this monumental project launched by the Fondation Napoléon.
THIS MONTH'S OBJECT
Letter from Napoleon to Champagny, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 7 Sept., 1807
During the Fondation Napoléon's project to publish the complete correspondance of Napoleon, it became clear that there were two different versions of a letter written by the emperor to his minister: the first known, published by Lecestre, is that which Napoleon dictated to his secretaries; the 2nd version, owned by the Fondation Napoléon, is that actually sent and receeived by the addressee. Comparison of the two version shows that the second had been re-written by the secretaries.
200 YEARS AGO
Paris beautified
"The beautiful Rue de Rivoli, which runs beside the Tuileries and along the whole length of its gardens, has been cleared and gives a good idea of how beautiful it will be when the regular façades of the magnificent houses which are to be built there have been constructed. It will provide a marvellous vista, entirely worthy to stand next to the august Tuileries...", Gazette de France, 2 Brumaire, An XIII (24 October, 1804)
17 Vendémiaire, An X (9 October, 1801), Napoleon made a decree ordering a series of cuttings to be made betwen the Tuileries garden, the Place Vendôme, the Rue Saint-Honoré and the Rue Saint-Florentin, and into the gardens of the convents of the Assomption, the Capucines and of the Feuillants...
A docile press
2 Brumaire, An XIII (24 October, 1804), the Préfet de Police reported unequivocally upon what was published in the press: "The political journals today have not occasioned any remarks today: they are for the most part filled with official articles already published in the Moniteur."
Generosity and power
The journal, Le Publiciste, dated 5 Brumaire, An XIII (27 October, 1804), reported on the generosity of the empress Josephine: "On the occasion of the successful delivery of HIH the Princess Louis [Queen Hortense had had her second son, Napoléon Louis, on 11 October, 1804. ed.], HM the Empress has ordered the Préfet de police to have aid distributed to two hundred mothers who have just given birth at the Hospice de la Maternité..."
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
What's on
- Dance: Josephine Bonaparte: Martinique to Malmaison, St Louis, Missouri, USA
- Talk: Napoleon in Egypt, Cape Town, South Africa
- Re-enactment: The Battle of the Three Emperors 2004 - Battle of Austerlitz, Austerlitz, Czech Republic
- Exhibition: The Treasures of the Fondation Napoléon, Paris, France
- Conference: International Conference: Visions of Napoleon's European politique, Paris, France
- Study Day: Napoleon and Rome, Rome, Italy
- Exhibition: Images of the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, Paris, France
- Exhibition: Was für ein Theater, Krönungen & Spektakel in napoleonischer Zeit
(What a show! Coronations and pomp in the Napoleonic period), Château d'Arenenberg, Switzerland - closes this weekend
- Exhibition: Giovanni Spadolini's passion for Napoleon: a tale of history, politics and culture, Elba, Italy
The monthly titles
- This month's book: Napoleon and the British, by Stuart Semmel
- This month's painting: Portrait of Madame Fouler, Comtesse de Relingue, by Louis Leopold Boilly
- This month's article: Beethoven, Byron, and Bonaparte - part 1, by John Clubbe
- In the Collectors Corner, Letter from Napoleon to Champagny, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 7 Sept., 1807
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