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THIS MONTH'S BOOK
VAN HATTEM Mark, (et al.) In the wake of Napoleon, The Dutch in time of War 1792-1815
Tens of thousands of Dutch soldiers fought for Napoleon, not only in the Netherlands but in Belgium, Spain, Germany, Poland and Russia. Many died during the Russian campaign in 1812. Napoleon was forced to stand down in 1814, only to return to France a year later. During the subsequent Battle of Waterloo, Dutch soldiers fought for both the Dutch king William I and Napoleon. Readers of In the Wake of Napoleon. The Dutch in time of war 1792-1815 will be meeting some of those Dutchmen, each with a story of their own. (c) Fondation Napoléon
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NAPOLEONIC PAGES
Sir Charles Oman: A History of the Peninsular War
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman (January 12, 1860 - June 23, 1946) was born in India, the son of a British planter, and was educated at Oxford University, where he studied under William Stubbs. He was elected to the Chichele chair of modern history at Oxford in 1905. He was also elected FBA that year, serving as President of the Royal Historical and Numismatic societies, and of the Royal Archaeological Institute. He is best known in Napoleonic circles for his seven-volume master work on the Peninsular War.
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200 YEARS AGO
On 29 April, 1806, the architect Fontaine noted in his journal that the establishment which minted commemorative medals the Monnaie des médailles, which had been situated in the basement of the Musée Napoléon (today's Louvre), was to be moved to «a part of the buildings currently occupied by the Mint (Monnaie des espèces) in rue Guénégaud [the current site of the Monnaie de Paris]».
150 YEARS AGO
On 29 april, 1856, Victor Hugo published two volumes of poetry entitled Les Contemplations. Most of the poems (158 in total, arranged in six books) were written between 1846 and 1855, although the collection does include some composed as early as 1834. Living in exile of the channel island of Guernsey, Hugo describes the reasons for the publication in the preface, which is dated March 1856: «This work should be read as if it were by a dead man. There are twenty-five years in these two volumes. Grande mortalis aevi spatium (A large portion of a mortal's life). The author has allowed, if you will, this book to grow inside him. Life, passing drop by drop through the events and sufferings, as if through a filter, has deposited it in his heart. […] What are these Contemplations? It is what you could call, if the word did not have a certain pretention, the Memoirs of a soul… ».
For more on Hugo and Les Contemplations, visit the following site.
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week.
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
THE NAPOLEON.ORG BULLETIN, No 368, 28 April - 4 May, 2006
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SOLEMN MASS IN HONOUR OF NAPOLEON AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE GRANDE ARMEE
On 6 May at the cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris, a solemn mass will be celebrated at 11am (please arrive before 10-45am) in memory of Napoleon (d. 5 May, 1821) and the soldiers of the Grande Armée. The officiant will be Mons. Patrick Le Gal, bishop to the French army.
THIS WEEK in the MAGAZINE
JUST PUBLISHED
- The Judgement of Paris: Manet, Meisonnier and an Artistic Revolution, by Ross King
- The Retreat, by Patrick Rambaud
- Waterloo 1815: Wavre, Plancenoit and the Race to Paris, by Peter Hofschroer
- John Adams, by David McCullough
- Austerlitz: Napoleon and The Eagles of Europe, by Ian Castle
- Evremonde, by Diana Mayer
WHAT'S ON
Commemorations:
Jena 1806-2006 - Rendezvous in Thuringia The "Journées de Thuringe 2006" and the bicentenary of the Battle of Jena/Auerstädt
Exhibitions:
- Il tempo dell'Imperatore: gli orologi restaurati delle residenze di Napoleoni all'Elba
- Treasures of the Fondation, Mexico 2006, Monterrey, Mexico
- Napoléon an intimate portrait, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- "Battle in a sittingroom." The Austerlitz wallpaper, Museo Napoleonico, Rome, Italy
- "Beauty celebrating power": Vincenzo Monti in the Napoleonic period, Milan, Italy
- Louis Napoleon: at the court of the first King of Holland, 1806-1810, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- Entertainments:
Thursdays at the Museum of Florida History, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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