Napoleon and the creation of an imperial legend

Annual Conference 2013 Podcast

By Professor Alan Forrest, published 5th June 2013

Lecture from the Historical Association 2013 Annual Conference - Podcast

Professor Alan Forrest - University of York

Napoleon would become a nineteenth-century hero, the stuff of legend in a romantic age. This lecture examines the genesis of the Napoleonic myth, and shows how throughout his career he consciously burnished his image, using art, public ceremonial and the printed word to gain popular approval and guarantee his place in history.

Napoleon and the creation of an imperial legend

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