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ArticleAutumn exhibitions 2009
Austria Napoleon. Feldherr, Kaiser und GenieThis exhibition, featuring a large number of items from the Fondation Napoléon's own collection, marks the bicentenary of Napoleon's Austrian Campaign of 1809 and runs until 1 November, 2009. – What's On file– Arts and Collecting Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865)A landscape, portrait and still life painter, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller's work is the […]
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ArticleBook review: Napoleon 1814: The Defence of France
For the cover of his latest book, leading British military historian Andrew Uffindell features Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier's painting of Napoleon riding with his staff along a frozen track, which has often misinterpreted as depicting his retreat from Moscow in 1812. In fact, the picture was meant to show Napoleon at bay more than a year later […]
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ArticleHow history is written: Maréchal Lannes "last" words to Napoleon
How history is written In 1818, a book called Voyage en Autriche, en Moravie et en Bavière fait à la suite de l'armée française pendant la campagne de 1809, par le chevalier C.L. Cadet de Gassicourt, pharmacien, docteur de la faculté des Sciences, membre de la Légion d'honneur… [what follows are two lines of academic titles]” appeared […]
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ArticleThe Battle of Wagram
Return to the Marchfeld To ensure there would be no repeat of the disastrous river crossing in May, Napoleon’s bridging of the Danube this time was meticulously planned and executed. The first stretch of river to Schneidergrund was spanned by two well-constructed bridges, these also crossing the second stretch to Lobgrund with additional smaller bridge […]
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ArticleSummer Book Selection 2009
BIOGRAPHIES BLAKE Richard, Evangelicals in the Royal Navy 1775-1815FRASER Flora, Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of EmpireGALLAHER John G., Napoleon's Enfant Terrible: General Dominique VandammeGOODDEN Angelica, Madame de Stael: The Dangerous ExileHEWAT-JABOOR Philip (ed.), Thomas Hope: Designer and Patron in Regency LondonHOWARD Martin, Napoleon's Poisoned Chalice: the Emperor and his doctors on St. HelenaORDE Denis, In the […]
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ArticleThe Battles of Magenta and Solferino – a political victory?
Introduction The ‘accidental' battles of Magenta and Solferino changed the face of Europe. And they sprang from Orsini's failed attempt to assassinate Napoleon III in the winter of 1858. This attack by a terrorist/carbonaro upon the very model of conservative, pro-papal politics, was apparently the spur which made the French emperor positive to the idea […]
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Article1809 Austrian campaign: Eugène de Beauharnais’ campaign in Italy and the Battle of Raab
French retreat Following the French failure at the Battle of Sacile on 16 April, Eugène de Beauharnais and his Franco-Italian troops retreated through Padua, eventually reassembling in Caldiero, just east of Verona. Meanwhile, Austrian troops under Archduke Johann, inconvenienced in their advance due to rain and fatigue, advanced slowly down to Vicenza. Intense fighting broke […]
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ArticleMarengo and the Pyramid
Introduction In May this year, Napoleon finally got his pyramid in commemoration of the Battle of Marengo, 14 June, 1800. The pyramid was built and financed by the Provincia di Alessandria in a project piloted by the president of the Provincia di Alessandria, Paolo Filippi, the president of the Centro Studi Napoleonici, Giulio Massobrio, and […]
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Article"Napoleon, Feldherr, Kaiser und Genie": images from the exhibitionOn display at Schallaburg castle (Lower Austria) between 16 May and 1 November, 2009, "Napoleon - Feldherr, Kaiser und Genie" traces the extraordinary life and deeds of Napoleon. The exhibition is organised by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, in partnership with the Fondation Napoléon.
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ArticleInauguration of a commemorative plaque at Essling, ViennaThe inauguration of the "Napoleon. Feldherr, Kaiser und Genie" exhibition on 15 May, 2009, was followed the next morning by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in honour of those who died at the Battle(s) of Aspern-Essling on 21 and 22 May, 1809. The plaque…