Fantasies at Lunéville

There is still a final chance to see the CMN's touring exhibition Fantaisies pour un palais which runs until 30th September. at the Hôtel Abbatial in Lunéville.

Interview with Michael Rapport

 The E-International Relations website publishes an interview with Michael Rapport, Reader in Modern European History at the University of Glasgow, and specialist in French Revolutionary studies.

Mary Sheriff publications

Enfilade informs us that the collected articles of the American historian of 18th-century French art,  Mary Sheriff (1950-2016), have been made available in full text on Academia.

Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon (podcast)

To mark the upcoming Ridley Scott epic, Dan Snow has reissued the "History Hit" podcast in which he discusses the early life of Napoleon with  Adam Zamoyski, author of Napoleon: a life (2018).

Movies for Bastille Day

To mark Bastille Day, here is a rundown of recommended feature films on the French Revolution.  A pretty meagre collection, with the honourable exception of "Danton"....

Ridley Scott's Napoleon

 We now have a trailer, an official poster and several commentaries for the Ridley Scott/Joachim Phoenix Napoleon - release date 22nd November.

A monastic anniversary

On this day, 11th July, in 1833, monastic life was canonically restored to France with the reestablishment of the Benedictine community at Solesmes Abbey in the department of Sarthe.  

Axel von Fersen miniature (auction)

Sold at auction last week in Stockholm: Peter Adolf Hall's famous miniature of Axel von Fersen, painted in Paris when he returned from the American War of Independence.

Marie-Antoinette's private apartments

Marie-Antoinette's private apartments at Versailles have been reopened to the public as part of the palace's 400th anniversary celebrations.

Marseillaise manuscript

This copy of the Marseillaise from the Revolutionary era was posted on Facebook by Chelli Autographes on 20th June, presumably prior to be offered for sale:

New digital Enlightenment project

 The Voltaire Foundation launches its new  ERC-funded project ModERN: Modelling Enlightenment. Reassembling Networks of Modernity through data-driven research, jointly hosted with the Sorbonne. Among other topics, the project will focus onVoltaire’s complex relationship to the French press.

On display - Voltaire's quill!

The Prince Czartoryski Museum in Kraków has opened its newly restored Klasztorek building with an exhibition of 1,800 items from its collection, among them a quill pen belonging  to Voltaire!