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"Michelin Man" at the Consulate
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Pa just because it is the ViaMichelin website with incredible hearing but also because these two days, with Georges Rouzeau and Stephane Braynas, were magical.
The sacrifice of Madame de Lavallette
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The action begins in March 1815 when the Emperor's return from Elba. Upon learning of the arrival of Napoleon, Monsieur de Lavalette, former Postmaster General of the Empire dismissed by Louis XVIII returns to duty and made himself master of Paris by a coup, March 19, 1815. But in the aftermath of Waterloo, [...]
The tragedy of St. Helena
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The coup of 18 Brumaire 1799
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On December 4 was rebroadcast the show Patrice GELINET, 2000 years of history, dedicated to the Eighteenth Brumaire. For the occasion, the journalist had received Gueniffey Patrice. (Registration begins one minute after the end of the newsletter of France Inter)
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The farewells of Fontainebleau to the old guard
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Rare pictures of reconstitution, dating from 1928, the farewell at Fontainebleau on the premises themselves and costumes. It's like the Empire! Thanks to the INA.
The Rite, by Jacques-Louis David and Philip Glass
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Napoleon in 6 minutes and 57 seconds
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Two revolutions for a life
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"I do not write history, but if I fill my intentions, I may be writing for history." In his memoirs, the Countess of Chastenay did not miss material: the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire offer a wide enough canvas to his brushes. Her salon visits, its introduction into the circle of power, and its [...]
The official anthem of the first Empire
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This is not really Britney Spears ...
The victory by singing
We opened the gate
Freedom guide our steps
North and south
The war trumpet
A wake-hour battle.
Tremble enemies of France,
Kings drunk with blood and pride.
The sovereign people advance:
Tyrants down the coffin.
The republic is calling us,
Let us let us conquer or perish;
A French must live for it,
The Helen [...]
Elodie Lerner on an image
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Madame Recamier by Francois Gerard is the symbol.
This painting can first be regarded as a jewel of art consular. Then the painters rely on readily's academic heritage, but, simultaneously, in the wake of the famous David, they dare to modernity. Their touch is sometimes bolder and they include contemporary decorative elements, [...]
Death by poison? No!
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Thierry Lentz, director of the Fondation Napoléon, is a historian who does not mince words. We feel it vibrate for historical truth. He strongly rejects the thesis of Napoleon's poisoning by General de Montholon, as well as the substitution of the body of Napoleon by that of his faithful Cyprian in [...]
Under the gaze of Jacques-Louis David
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The portrait you are not unknown. It is from this oil on canvas, completed in 1800 by Jacques-Louis David as the banner of this blog has been created.
Many art critics and historians have studied this work. This is Karine Huguenaud, of the Fondation Napoléon, which we analyze here the book [...]
So Glamourous ...
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This is me ...
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