The Beast of Gévaudan

A restored director's cut of Christophe Gans' 2001 fantasy film Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le pacte des loups) is released on Blue-ray and DVD from May 15th and on AppleTV+.  

Peter McPhee on the Eiffel Tower

A bit too modern really - but here is a chance to hear Peter McPhee talk about the Eiffel Tower.  Broadcast on Sunday 7th May in Australia's ABC Radio series Night Life.

Conspiracy theories (book)

The Los Angeles Review of Books publishes an essay by Nicole Bauer, author of Tracing the shadow of secrecy and government transparency in eighteenth-century France, which was published last November.

Macron remembers Toussaint Louverture

Last Thursday (27th April) President Macron paid tribute to Toussaint Louverture on the 175th anniversary of France's abolition of slavery.  He laid a wreath in the cell in  Château de Joux (in the Jura Mountains) where Toussaint died in prison. 

Duchess of Angoulême at the Chapelle expiatoire

An exhibition on the Duke and Duchess of Angoulême  runs at the Chapelle expiatoire from 22nd April to 17th September.

"Chevalier" - first reactions

The film Chevalier, which stars Kelvin Harrison as the Black musician Chevalier Saint-Georges, went on general release in the United States and Canada. on 21st April.  The release date for the UK is 9th June.

Gouverneur Morris papers

 The American Philosophical Society blog publishes an article on the Gouverneur Morris papers by their editor Melanie Randolph Miller (17th April).

Louis-Sébastien Mercier (upcoming book)

Bucknell University Press announces Michael J. Mulryan's upcoming book, Louis Sébastien Mercier: Revolution and reform in eighteenth-century Paris. Expected publication September 15, 2023.

The Robespierre Legend (book)

A newly published book by Marion Pouffary,  Robespierre, monstre ou héros? adds to the growing literature on the posthumous reputation of Robespierre.  

Napoleon movies....

 Ridley Scott's forthcoming blockbuster Napoleon has been given an official release date in November 2023.  At the cinema and on Apple TV.

Nicolas Chamfort (article)

 The latest edition of Philosophy Now includes a summary biography of the aphorist Nicolas Chamfort by  the late Martin Jenkins.

The Royal family at the Tuileries (Exhibition)

An exhibition on Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette at the Tuileries during the Revolution runs at the National Archives in Paris from 29th March to 6th November.