Après une rupture de stock, le revoilà en librairie! C’est comme si Napoléon était revenu une deuxième fois de l’île d’Elbe.

C’est ce soir (21h), sur #France5 : « Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène, le dernier acte » ! Plus d’infos : francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-pre…

Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I, 1808 Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier

On this day in 1814, a defeated Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on Elba to begin his exile. 289 days later, he'll escape and attempt to rebuild his shattered empire.

🟠 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 🙏 | Classée Monument Historique, cette volière est construite en 1817 par des artisans chinois à la demande de #Napoleon. Elle est présentée au Musée Bertrand de Châteauroux Métropole ! 👏

#Napoleon died #OTD in 1821. I got a copy last year of this excellent book 'Napoléon n'est plus', based on the 2021 exhibition at Musée de l'Armée.

Death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte, who died today 203 years ago.

« Ei fu. Siccome immobile, Dato il mortal sospiro, Stette la spoglia immemore Orba di tanto spiro, Così percossa, attonita La terra al nunzio sta, Muta pensando all’ultima Ora dell’uom fatale… » 5 maggio, Alessandro Manzoni Charles-Éloi Vial la mort de Napoléon

5 mai 1821, 5 heures 49 de l'après midi : « Le canon de la retraite se fait entendre ; le soleil disparaît dans des flots de lumières. C'est aussi le moment où le grand homme, qui domina le monde de son génie, va s'envelopper dans sa gloire immortelle » (Mémoires de Marchand)

Happy 203rd anniversary

Napoleon with a cavalry storming a city Drawing by Claude Louis Desrais (d. 1816)

Dès l'instauration de l'Empire, Napoléon Ier souhaite transformer Versailles en résidence impériale et engage des travaux considérables pour remettre le château en état après la tourmente révolutionnaire. En 1811, il lance une grande commande de soieries lyonnaises pour décorer..

Bro witness the treason of Napoleon's marshalls and did nothing

Reading Mel Brooks’ autobiography and found this interesting. During WW2, there was a cafe near the German-French border with a 2-sided painting on the wall. Depending on which side was winning, the painting would either display the Kaiser or Napoleon. 😎#napoleon #melbrooks

Focus #CannesClassics 🎞️ An event screening at #Cannes2024, #Napoléon, as seen by Abel Gance represents a major work of the silent era, restored over 16 years by La Cinémathèque with the support of Le CNC. Costa-Gavras and François Bonnaud will present the first part of this

Reading the Bulletin of the Grande Armée (detail), 1807, Louis-Léopold Boilly

New prelim sketches for my graphic history book... On Wednesday, the 20th of Muharram [July 1798], news arrived about the French landing at Alexandria. Murad Bey convened a meeting with beys/sheikhs. The news put everyone on edge, so the meeting was contentious.

Giuse Thanks! The project centers on the life of my compatriot, who was kidnapped & sold into slavery in Ottoman Emp., became Egyptian mamluk, then supported French, embraced Rev, fought in every Nap campaign, etc. Themes of imperialism, identity, nationalism, mil.ethos, slavery, etc.

Missing him

The epic first trailer for the new 7-hour version of Abel Gance’s restored #Napoleon has arrived. Watch: thefilmstage.com/first-trailer-…