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crises in cookery: napoleon at marengo
Food need not be a mere necessity of life. Down through the ages, there have been many great moments in cookery… It was Napoleon who reputedly remarked that an army marches on its stomach. Whatever can be said of other … Continue reading
art collector by hook and crook
Whatever you can say about Napoleon, the reputation and glory of the Louvre was substantially enhanced by his theft of art from conquered lands, booty ransacked and pillaged at gunpoint. As Bonaparte advanced through Italy, the museum’s collection of both … Continue reading
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Tagged battle of waterloo, gioacchino serangeli, Jacques-Louis David, Louvre Museum History, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon I, Napoleon Italian Campaign, napoleon theme park, napoleon victory at marengo, nicolas sarkozy, percier and fontaine architects, Sarkozy, serangeli, yves jego napoleon theme park
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Napoleon and the revolt agianst togetherness
October 1810. The book was censored and then it was banned. So many representations and so much insistence overtaxed his patience. In order to give a definite answer to the petitioners, he took the book up again and lost his … Continue reading
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Tagged Antoine-Jean Gros, Chateaubriand, colnaghi, francois gerard, Jean Jacques Rousseau, joseph chinard, madame recamier, Maximilien Robespierre, mirabeau, mme de Stael, Mme Germaine de Stael, Montesquieu, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, prince august of prussia, Rene Chateaubriand, Rene Magritte, rene magritte madame recamier de david, Robespierre
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napoleon: romantic muse and not amused
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. So said Dickens. But it was. As Napoleon began his rather blood-soaked, chaotic and passionate rule of France he met the force of two women , “femmes fatales” … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Brumaire, alex godfrey, Alison Castle, Antoine-Jean Gros, Eugene Isabey, eulalie morin, felix markham, franz kruger, George Sand, Ingres, J.A.D. Ingres, mme de Stael, Mme Germaine de Stael, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, prince augustus william of prussia, Stanley Kubrick, stanley kubrick napoleon, tony frewin
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napoleon: grand alliance of a different kind
The greatest movie never made. That’s actually the title of a new book of images from Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon, or rather the director’s preparations for an ill-fated film on the French emperor. The three hour epic about the life of … Continue reading
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Tagged alex godfrey, Alison Castle, Chateaubriand, Chris Knight National Post, felix markham, francois pascal simon gerard, Jacques Necker, Jacques-Louis David, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Mme Germaine de Stael, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, prince augustus of prussia, Raul Hilberg, Rene Chateaubriand, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg
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Cannes Festival: return from elba
After his daring escape from Elba in 1815, the Emperor Napoleon landed at Golfe-Juan.It was his last great adventure before Waterloo, and it can be looked back as a tragic comedy. He set out for Cannes at midnight, taking three … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Dumas, charles steuben, comte de broussillon, french history, George Cruickshank, George Cruikshank, Hegel, Hegel Philosopher, James Gillray, johan michael voltz, marshall ney, Napoleon Bonaparte, napoleon elba, napoleon return from elba, Thomas Hardy
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nelson and we happy few: band of brothers
Napoleon’s ships drifted helplessly at anchor; Lord Nelson boldly closed on them, improvising his tactics as he bore down on the French fleet. Nelson was victorious, as was his habit, and with the victory came British control of the Meditteranean … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Brueys, Dick Winters band of Brothers, James Gillray, Jean Antoine Gros, Jean Leon Gerome, Lady Emma Hamilton, Lord Spencer, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte Battle of the Nile, Nicholas Pocock, Sir William Hamilton, stephen e. ambrose, Steven Spielberg, T.Rees Shapiro, Thomas Rowlandson, Tom Hanks
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A salty dog: avoiding the press gang
In the end, although Napoleon’s ambitions were terminated on the field of Waterloo, the struggle at sea decided the issue and determined the course of the century that was to follow. As with Carthage and Rome, it was a struggle … Continue reading
LITTLE ORPHEUS
“She was, arguably, the most famous actress of the 19th century. Not the most beautiful or even the most talented, but Sarah Bernhardt (nicknamed “Sarah Barnum”), knew how to cultivate her stardom. She worked like a pack horse, her French … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Haas, Comedie Francaise, Cornelius Otis Skinner, Edmond de Goncourt, Edward Rothstein, Helen Mirren, Jean Leon Gerome, Jean Racine, Joan of Arc, Lamartine, Louisa Abbema, Marcel Proust, Marilyn Monroe, Melandri, Melandri photo Sarah Bernhardt, Napoleon Bonaparte, Sarah Bernhardt, Theodore de Banville, Victor Hugo
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REMOVE YOUR BOOTS BEFORE WALKING ON THE CARPET
When William the Conqueror seized control of England, after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, he acquired a great center of medieval art as well as an extensive addition to his realm. The Anglo-Saxons were famous for their manuscript illuminations … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Hastings, Battle of Hastings 1066, Bayeaux Tapestry, Napoleon Bonaparte, Norman Conquest of England, Odo Bishop of Bayeaux, William the Bastard, William the Conqueror
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