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empirearchives · 6 months

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Napoleon’s letter the day after the death of Desaix

“The news of the army is very good. I shall soon be in Paris. I cannot tell you more; I am in the deepest sorrow at the death of the man I loved and esteemed the most.”

— Napoleon

Source: Letters and Documents of Napoleon by J. E. Howard

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bow-and-talon · 19 days

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Hello, old friend.

- @generaldesaix

Saint-Cyr reads the note with mixed feelings, before letting a faint smile crack his frosty exterior.

Greetings to you also, my old friend. I am told that this method called "social media" allows me to interact with others, and it seems to have brought me in touch with you, whole if not alive. Likewise, friend. Have you been here long?

#desaix

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francebonapartiste · 8 days

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Nous sommes heureux de vous dévoiler l'affiche des #Historiales, premier salon du livre d'histoire et d'histoire militaire qui se tiendra le samedi 25 mai prochain au Château Effiat et organisé par les Amis du Château d'Effiat et du Musée De l'Ecole Royale Militaire.

Nous vous y attendons nombreux, dans ce lieu d'exception qui fut jadis école royale militaire où l'un de ses élèves les plus illustres fut un certain général Louis Charles Antoine #Desaix, ayant combattu sous les ordres de #Bonaparte, héro et mort au combat de la bataille de #Marengo.

Christopher DESTAILLEURS-HENRY, Président de notre association historique et Maryse SABATIER, secrétaire générale, seront présents à cet événement qui en appellera d'autres.

Toutes les informations sont mentionnés au sein de cette très belle affiche :

#france #napoleon #bonaparte #napoleon bonaparte #soldats #guerre #cosplay #révolution #reconstitueurs #Desaix #Marengo #Livres #Salon du livre d'histoire #Histoire #Château #Effiat #Auvergne

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michel-feuilly · 2 years

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Ghostly mans for @cursedgold

#history art #art #napoleonic #art commisions #commission #Saint-Cyr #Desaix

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postcard-from-the-past · 7 months

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Desaix Fountain in Combronde, Auvergne region of central France

French vintage postcard

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fredericbrumby · 7 months

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Les couleurs de la ville.

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josefavomjaaga · 4 months

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Rumours about Augereau (1797)

And our witness is ... general Desaix, who by the end of July 1797 visited the army of Italy and went on a journey through Lombardy in order to report back to the Directory. This is taken from his "Journal de voyage", which seems to have been more of a notebook, where he jotted down first impressions that he felt he needed to remember.

That way, he gave brief descriptions of several of Bonaparte's generals. About Augereau, he has the following to say:

Augereau. Tall, handsome man, good figure, big nose, served in every country, soldier more or less, braggart a lot.

And some time later, he adds an ugly story he learned about him:

Fact about Augereau. In a town in Romagna, he enters a pawnshop, fills his pockets with diamonds and precious objects, places a sentry there whom he has shot in cold blood because he has taken something. He does not believe in probity or delicacy; he calls it foolish; he claims that it is useless and not to be found in the world.

#napoleon's marshals #charles pierre francois augereau #louis charles antoine desaix #italy 1797

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generaldesaix · 1 month

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Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Please take a seat and pardon the modest interior.

My name is Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux. I’m much more than the “Hero of Marengo”. Single Pringle but always ready to mingle (wink). The army is my second family. I am noble, but also a Republican.

I have stories aplenty about my comrades, the campaigns and even Bonaparte himself. So please, do not hesitate to ask me questions about anything and everything.

Yes, I actually do have a mustache. It sort of grew on me. Get it?

My friends are @trauma-and-truffles , @your-staff-wizard , @your-dandy-king , @armagnac-army , @chicksncash and many others. Too many to list here, I fear.

(This blog is a joke RP by @usergreenpixel . I also play @carolinemurat .)

#dispatches from desaix #general desaix

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flowwochair · 10 months

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he hadn't met Aimée yet 💔💔💔

#napoleonic era #napoleons marshals #napoleonic #napoleonic shitpost #louis desaix #louis nicolas davout #history shitposting #history memes

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lavendersewingcircle · 3 months

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I've been watching the 1927 Napoleon bit by bit and while at first I wasn't really sold on it, and it continues to be quite difficult to sit through at length for me personally, I am now through Act II and I am really starting to admire it.

One thing that was really striking to me was how the use of different colour grading affected the impact of flashbacks. Napoleon meets someone who used to be at Brienne during a battle scene (which is red) and they flashback to a scene graded white, it immediately takes you back to that moment in the way a traditional flashback without that heavy colour contrast wouldn't do. You've been soaked in blood red for so long and then suddenyl there's pure, innocent black and white on the screen. Bravo.

You can also tell this film was made right after WW1, the seige of Toulon features lots of mud and rain and soldiers drowning in said mud in a way that is definitely more WW1 than Napoleonic.

And this shot is absolutely stunning. The way the light fades out from the edges inwards... chefs kiss.

Also the cannon POV shots. It's a small thing but having a mobile camera in 1927 is super impressive.

#napoleon #there was also a wild junot and desaix there which is cool #too many films gloss over his marshalls but I like that this made a point of showing him meeting them #napoleon bonaparte

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empirearchives · 1 year

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I’m not 100% sure who this is, but I think it’s Desaix.

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bow-and-talon · 15 days

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Happy birthday, dear dorky friend

- @generaldesaix

Thank you, Desaix. It is much appreciated.

#desaix

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illustratus · 1 year

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The Battle of Marengo (details) by Louis-François Lejeune

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usergreenpixel · 1 year

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MALMAISON MEDIA SALON SOIRÉE 14: AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE (1898)

1. The Introduction

Hello, Dear Neighbors, and welcome back to Malmaison Media Salon. So, as I’ve said before, today we’re going to talk about a book by G. A. Henty, one of my archenemies!

Why archenemy?

That’s just how I label authors whose shit I reviewed before. Henty’s “wonderful” book about Frev left a bad taste in my mouth for a long time, so I was understandably mistrustful of any other piece of his.

However, after finding out he has one more Frev book AND several Napoleonic ones and this one (About the Egyptian Campaign, between the two eras), I had to make another review in spite of my lower than six feet expectations. So I went on Project Gutenberg to download the ebook for free. That’s where you can get it by the way.

But hey, maybe this book is better than the one I reviewed before. It’s always a possibility, right? The short answer is no. The long answer is not at all.

For an even longer answer, let us finally proceed with the review, which I dedicate to @koda-friedrich , @blackwidowmarshal123 and @aminoscribbles .

2. The Summary

As you might guess from the title, the book is set during the Egyptian campaign and, in classic Henty fashion, has a young English boy as the protagonist.

Edgar Blagrove, the boy in question, is a son of an English merchant who is left behind in Egypt during the war, so the book follows his adventures as he’s trying to survive, reunite with his family and have adventures along the way (as you do).

Even though Henty’s books are targeted at young boys, the premise sounds like something that I would actually enjoy, but I didn’t.

Let’s dissect this book to find out just how bad it gets, shall we?

3. The Story

The beginning isn’t so great. At first the opening scene promises some action, yet the immersion is broken like glass a couple of pages in with heaps upon heaps of Edgar’s backstory. Nice job, Henty…

Luckily, it’s the only time an extensive flashback like this is used, but the pacing can get about as fast as snail because often pieces of information get repeated in dialogues when nothing bad would’ve happened if the author avoided said repetition.

Moreover, while in the first half or so of the story the hero’s ways of getting out of problems stay realistic and justifiable, the second half has Edgar cross so far into Mary Sue territory that he may as well be called Gary Stu.

(Spoilers ahead)

This kid gets hired by SIDNEY FUCKING SMITH as a midshipman and interpreter. I’m not kidding, that’s an actual plot point!

Let me repeat: A kid who DID NOT previously serve in the navy is made midshipman and interpreter by SIDNEY SMITH, who meets said kid by pure coincidence! And only the interpreter part is justified, since Edgar was educated in several languages from a young age and learned the mother tongues of servants and citizens of Cairo too.

That, in all honesty, was the point where I just lost what little investment I had because it just became too apparent that everything will be fine and Edgar will have a happy ending.

4. The Characters

Before crossing the Gary Stu threshold, Edgar actually had potential to be a good character.

He is a reckless kid who was so bored with his monotonous life in Cairo that he wanted to see the English kick the French in the ass.

He cares about his friends, is kind and ready to help his loved ones and sometimes makes risky decisions.

But then he just becomes somebody who is always right and he gets too perfect. So all the potential goes down the drain like a dead goldfish. Hooray…

Sidi, an Arab boy Edgar rescues in the beginning of the story, is a bit more interesting, mainly due to his dynamic with Edgar as basically adopted brothers. He and his family provide Edgar with shelter in their oasis and help him out in a time of need too. Unfortunately, Sidi is a bit of a flat character for someone who gets a pretty major role in the story, but Henty isn’t too good with characters anyway.

Other characters are flat too. To various degrees. Unfortunately, that’s all I can say because there’s a ton of characters.

However, English officers like Nelson and Sidney Smith are whitewashed and glorified to no end. Henty loves sucking the dick of English nationalism, but I already saw that in my other review so no surprise there.

As for the French side of things… I was genuinely surprised that Napoleon was NOT portrayed as Devil Incarnate and it’s mentioned that he does care about his troops.

Many historical figures are name dropped but don’t appear in person, such as Kleber, Desaix, Junot, Menou, etc. Personally, I’m glad they don’t get a cameo in person for several reasons:

A) the book isn’t about them

B) it would be too unrealistic for Edgar to meet those people

C) after the atrocious portrayal of Montagnards, I DO NOT trust Henty with accuracy when it comes to French Republican generals

Eugene de Beauharnais is omitted once again, even though I’m pretty sure he participated in that campaign. Oh well, shout-out to Eugene from me!

5. The Setting

Henty is, once again, bad with settings and his descriptions are, at times, too minimalistic.

I didn’t feel the action in battle scenes, I couldn’t envision the oasis, the streets of Cairo or any other settings. There’s just not enough to achieve immersion.

6. The Writing

The writing is old fashioned, as it was a book written in the 19th century, but for people who are fluent in English there shouldn’t be a lot of issues with comprehending the vocabulary, except maybe all the naval terms that have no definitions given. Grrr…

I can’t necessarily call Henty’s writing awful, but it’s not for me so it didn’t help my overall impression of the book.

7. The Conclusion

Even though it’s not as bad as “In the Reign of Terror” was, it’s still not a book I would recommend and the improvements are insignificant.

Most characters are still flat, the annoying nationalism has still reared its head, the pacing is longer than the Amazon River and the protagonist becomes a Gary Stu in the end.

The verdict? Please find something else to read.

Anyway, the soirée is officially coming to an end. Please stay tuned because more updates are coming soon.

Love,

Citizen Green Pixel

#malmaison media salon #history #historical art #french history #napoleonic literature #napoleonic media #napoleonic art #g a henty #at aboukir and acre #book review #napoleon bonaparte #louis charles antoine desaix #jean baptiste kleber #general menou #eugène de beauharnais #sidney smith #horatio nelson #jean andoche junot

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isthenapoleoncute · 9 months

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Rating: Not Cute!

This Napoleon is heady after a great victory at Marengo and now he has to know that one of his best generals has died? At least let the Napoleon weep!

#louis desaix #napoleon #is the napoleon cute?#not cute

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fredericbrumby · 7 months

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Les couleurs de la ville.

Mur

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