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THIS MONTH'S ARTICLE
Think you know why Napoleon lost at Waterloo. Well think again. Doug Allen gives a robust defense of his point of view in 'Waterloo - Bias, Assumptions, and Perspectives'.
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
22 September, 1802 (5th complementary day of An X), Bonaparte went to the Louvre to visit the Exposition de l'industrie nationale (National Industrial Exhibition), a trade fair which took place every year during the Complementary days, and the Salon at which were presented, amongst others, two paintings by Isabey: The First Consul reviewing troops in the courtyard of the Tuileries Palace and The First Consul walking in the garden at Malmaison.
23 September, 1802 (1 Vendémiaire, An XI), inauguration of work on the Canal de l'Ourcq: a law of 19 May, 1802, launched the programme of the construction of the canals within the city of Paris, namely, the Canal de l'Ourcq the Canal de Saint-Denis and the Canal de Saint-Martin. At the fall of the empire, they nowhere near being finished...
In the first days of the month of Vendémiaire, a new theatre opened its doors, near the Porte Saint-Martin: it was though that it would give entertainment of all styles, comedy, tragedy, opera, etc.
Le Moniteur universel, 7 Vendémiaire, An XI
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
Snippets
Race to save Nelsonia. Maritime Museum Appeal
Just published
Natasha's Dance, by Orlando Figes
Museums and Monuements, etc.
- New file on the site describing Labastide Murat in the Lot Département, the house in which Murat was born
Web site
PBS Napoleon (go to 'The Napoleonic Directory', then 'Web Sites', then 'History')
What's on
- Exhibition: Nelson & Emma, Personal Pots and Lasting Mementos
- Conference: The Napoleonic Lycées or High Schools
- Exhibition: Seat of Empire
The monthly titles
- Book of the Month: Henry Addington, Prime Minister, 1801-1804: Peace, War and Parliamentary politics, by John Fedorak
- This month's picture, The revolt in Cairo, 21 October 1798, by Girodet
- Article of the Month, 'Waterloo - Bias, Assumptions, and Perspectives', by Doug Allen
- In the Collectors Corner, the First Consul's glaive, by Boutet
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