The ceremony
This year, the awards ceremony for the Fondation Napoléon History Prizes and Research Grants took place on Tuesday 7 December, at the Grande Chancellerie of the Légion d'honneur in Paris. The awards were presented by HIH the Princess Napoleon and the Prince d'Essling, president of the Fondation Napoléon.
Every year, an independent jury composed of some of the best First and Second Empire historians awards in the name of the Fondation Napoléon three history prizes and six or seven study grants.
History Prizes
First Empire Prize 2010
Vincent HAEGELE: Napoléon et Joseph Bonaparte, le pouvoir et l'ambition
Dijon: Éditions Tallandier
Second Empire Prize 2010
Gabriel BADEA-PAÜN: Le style Second Empire
Paris: Éditions Citadelles et Mazenod
Prize for a book in a language other than French 2010
Dominic LIEVEN: Russia against Napoleon. The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace
London: Penguin Books
Research Grants
This year, seven research grants were handed out, including five First Empire research grants and two Second Empire research grants.