Reflections on A Journey to St Helena
Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Interesting Napoleonic Web Site
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I have recently been contacted by Roel Voss from the Netherlands, who told me about the web site he has been putting together in Dutch and i...
Saturday, 26 December 2009
The Bonaparte Dynasty: Napoleon VI
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On visiting Longwood House I was curious as to the identity of the distinguished looking couple in this picture. I was told it was Prince N...
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Monday, 21 December 2009
Views of St Helena
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St. Helena from the terrace of the Castle by George Hutchins Bellasis (1778-1822), soldier and amateur artist, from his Views of St Helen...
Thursday, 17 December 2009
The beginning of the end - the retreat from Moscow
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Marshal Ney Supporting the Rear Guard During the Retreat from Moscow (1856, by Adolphe Yvon 1817-1893). From the Manchester Art Gallery. Te...
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Sunday, 13 December 2009
A book I shall not be buying
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Stanley Kubrick's "Napoleon": The Greatest Movie Never Made, available from Taschen for a mere £450. Actually it is not a b...
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