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ArticleThe Nobility of the Empire and the Elite groups of the 19th century – a Successful Fusion
Apart from the works of Louis Bergeron, writings on the social history of the First Empire have been hampered by gross short-sightedness, and this has concealed the true extent of the influence of the years of reconstruction in post-revolutionary France. Since the Empire saw itself as the stabilising factor of a Revolution which had put […]
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ArticleArsenic and the EmperorThis study could never have been completed without the most generous contribution of an eminent histopathologist, Dr Svante Orell, to whom I address my sincere thanks.
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ArticleWhat did Napoleon do with the horses on the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin ?
On 27 October, 1806, after the victories at Iéna and Auerstädt two weeks earlier, Napoleon rode in triumph into Berlin passing under the Brandenburg Gate. It would appear that the four-horsed chariot caught his eye, because Vivant Denon, director of the Musée Napoléon (the museum which was to become the Louvre) gave the order for […]
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ArticleA sympathetic ear: Napoleon, Elba and the British – from History Today (1994), vol. 44Was Napoleon's escape from his first exile unwittingly aided by his erstwhile opponents from Albion? Katharine MacDonogh, author of a biography on Empress Josephine's step-daughter and sister-in-law, Hortense de Beauharnais, weighs up the enigmatic response that certain British citizens showed towards their imperial prisoner.
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ArticleNapoleon in Russia: Saviour or anti-christ? – from History Today (1991), vol. 41Janet Hartley, Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics, discusses the mixed responses of Russia's populations to Napoleon's great gamble on an invasion and the part they played in the eventual French catastrophe.
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ArticleWith Abercrombie and Moore in Egypt – from First Empire (1995)
The following is from With Abercrombie and Moore in Egypt published by First Empire , Bridgnorth, England; 1995, Pages 13-15. Chapter IV: “A Hard Fought Landing”. The troops first to land in Egypt were about 5,500, called the Reserve, under command of Generals Moore, Ludlow and Coote; the boats were under the conduct of Sir […]
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ArticleThe empire. Dictatorship? Monarchy?The debate regarding the real nature of Napoleonic power is still lively today. What exactly was that power? A dictatorship? A monarchy? A mixed system? If it was a dictatorship, what type of dictatorship was it? If it was a monarchy, was it parliamentary, absolute…
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ArticleNapoleon, Hegelian hero
The originality of the Hegelian philosophy lies in its philosophical, rather than historical interpretation of Napoleonic politics. The powerful admiration of Hegel for Napoleon, admiration stressed by all the commentators of the german philosopher, admiration shared equally by one of the most famous interpreters of Hegel, A. Kojève, matters little here. What is important is […]
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ArticleThe Campaign in Egypt
The chronology for Egypt 19th May 1798-30th floréal year VI: Bonaparte sets sail for Egypt.11th June 1798-23rd prairial year VI: taking of Malta.2nd July 1798-14th messidor year VI: Bonaparte takes Alexandria. 21st July 1798-3rd thermidor year VI: victory at the Battle of the Pyramids. 24th July 1798-7th thermidor year VI: Bonaparte enters Cairo. 1st August […]
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ArticleLa campagne de 1815 en Belgique ou la faillite de la liaison et des transmissions. Bruxelles, 1954.