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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM THE FONDATION NAPOLEON
From everyone at the Fondation Napoléon, we wish you all an excellent, Napoleonic, Christmas and New Year.
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NAPOLEON.ORG
Christmas break
The team at napoleon.org are taking a Christmas break, and will be back with you in the new year. The next bulletin will arrive in your inboxes on 8 January, 2010. Until that date, feel free to take a wander through the website, where you will find plenty to keep you occupied over the next week or so. Carry on reading for a few ideas on where to start...
ANIMATIONS
The coronation and masterpieces from the collection...
As you will have seen from last week's edition, our Christmas present to you was the fantastic digital animation of the coronation ceremony of Napoleon I. As well as that short video, a Fondation Napoléon/Bath University production, we also have a fully-interactive animation, Masterpieces from the Fondation Napoléon Collection, available on the site, which takes you through the many beautiful items that feature in the Fondation Napoléon's collection.
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NAPOLEONIC FILMOGRAPHY
Napoleon on the big screen...
With the Christmas season upon us, there is no better time to catch up on some of your favourite Napoleonic films.
Napoléon
Although not available in the definitive BBFC cut, this film can still be found if you look hard enough. Widely considered to be the greatest screen depiction of the French general, Abel Gance's majestic vision was never completed (this is simply part one) but remains a must-see for Napoleonphiles and cinephiles alike.
Waterloo
Worth seeing simply for the huge number of extras taking part in this historically accurate representation of the Battle of Waterloo. Although the individual performances leave a little to be desired, the re-enactment of the battle will live long in the memory.
Time Bandits
Although not strictly a Napoleonic film, Time Bandits is one of Terry Gilliam's best films to date and features an appearance from Ian Holm as the French Emperor. The film is on Film4 (UK viewers) on Christmas Day, at 4.15pm.
NAPOLEONIC DIVERSIONS
Quizzes and jigsaws
And what Christmas Day would be complete without some games? With napoleon.org, you can keep the Napoleonic theme running all the way through the afternoon with quizzes for all ages and jigsaws.
Strolls and walks
And if you fancy some fresh air and are in one of the featured areas, why not have a wander around some of our Napoleonic itineraries?
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NAPOLEONIC HISTORY
Who, what, where, when?
Brush up on your key dates, key people and key moments with our selection of pages and articles available on napoleon.org.
The key dates
Follow the lives of Napoleon I and Napoleon III and rediscover the key dates that made them who they were.
Biographies
Get to know some of the key players from French history with our biographies section.
Close-ups
And for all the information about some of the most important moments in Napoleonic history, have a look at our Close-up on... section: our most recent additions include Aspern-Essling, the Suez Canal, Andreas Hofer and Napoleon's "divorce".
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WHAT'S ON
Finishing soon...
With the year coming to an end, and the next Napoleonic newsletter not until early January, we thought we would take this opportunity to remind you of a few exhibitions that will be closing soon.
"Napoleon and Corsica", Corte, Corsica, until 30 December, 2009
This extremely successful exhibition, which traces Napoleon's Corsican roots and the influence that the Mediterranean island had on him, will close on 30 December, 2009.
"Photography of the 19th century from the collections of the Musée Condé", Paris, France, until 4 January, 2010
This exhibition, which opened during Paris Photography Week, has on display a selection of photographs taken during the 19th century, including the first images taken by Roger Fenton from the Crimean War, and images produced by the Bisson Brothers and Louis-Rémy Robert.
"With Napoleon in Egypt: the Drawings of Jean-Baptiste Lepère", Cologne, Germany, until 10 January, 2010
This exhibition covers the scientific expedition that accompanied Napoleon on his Egyptian campaign as well as the publication of the Description de l'Egypte, the huge, 20-volume work that first appeared in 1809 and would have a profound influence on Egyptology as a scientific field of study.
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Wishing you a very "Napoleonic" Christmas and New Year.
Peter Hicks & Hamish Davey Wright
Historians and web-editors
THE NAPOLEON.ORG BULLETIN, N° 523, 25 December, 2009 – 7 January, 2010
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© This Napoleon.org weekly bulletin is published by the Fondation Napoléon. Reproduction or all or part of this bulletin is forbidden, without prior agreement of the Fondation Napoléon.
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THE BIBLIOTHEQUE FONDATION NAPOLEON LIBRARY
Winter opening times:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 1pm-6pm
Thursday: 10am-3pm
(Closed Friday)
Over the Christmas and New Year period, the library will close at 6pm on Wednesday 23 December, 2009, to open again on Monday 4 January, 2010.
FONDATION NAPOLEON ON THE WEB
Each week we offer you a "mystery" link to somewhere on napoleon.org. Click on the link to discover a part of the website you might not have visited before...
The Fondation Napoléon's triumvirate of Napoleonic websites:
- Napoleon.org
- Napoleonica. La Revue
- Napoleonica. Archives Online
The best of the month:
- Book of the month
- Painting of the month
- Objet d'Art of the month
- Article of the month
EVENTS
On now
A selection of events taking place now or in the coming weeks, taken from our What's on listings.
Exhibitions
- At the Russian Court: Palace and Protocol in the 19th Century, Amsterdam, Netherlands [20/06/2009 - 31/01/2010]
Full details
- "Under Napoleon's Eagle", Ljubljana, Slovenia [15/10/2009 - 25/04/2010]
Full details
And finishing soon...
Exhibitions
- "Napoleon and Corsica", Corte, France [20/06/2009 - 30/12/2009]
Full details
- "Portrait of a collection, a collection of portraits", Paris, France [23/10/2009 - 31/12/2009]
Full details
- "Photography of the 19th century from the collections of the Musée Condé", Paris, France [21/10/2009 - 04/01/2010]
Full details
- "With Napoleon in Egypt: the Drawings of Jean-Baptiste Lepère", Cologne, Germany [02/10/2009 - 10/01/2010]
Full details
- A la table de l'Impératrice Eugénie, le service de la bouche dans les palais impériaux, Compiègne, France [02/10/2009 - 18/01/2010]
Full details<<
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