Articles > Newspapers > International Newspapers, Local Markets A-Lh > PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. news wires > December 2007

Article: France wants Napoleon III's remains back.

Article from:
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
Article date:
December 9, 2007
Copyright

France wants Napoleon III's remains back

London, Dec 9 (PTI) He holds the unusual distinction of being both the first titular President and the last monarch of France but for 130 years, Emperor Napoleon III's remains are in Britain where he spent the last few years of his life.

Now, France wants the Emperor's remains back. A senior Minister will go to Britain this week to request the return of the remains of the Emperor and his wife Empress Eugenie, which lie in a crypt in St Michael's Abbey in Hampshire, 'The Sunday Telegraph' reported today.

"This trip will be for me an occasion to send a clear message to the British -- to thank them for all ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Napoleon III: Napoleon III le ...
Biography;  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Napoleon III Napoleon III le mal-aime. Lucien Boia. Paris: Ed. Les Belles Lettres, 2008. 240 pp. Euro23. Napoleon III. Eric Anceau. Paris: Ed. Tallandier, 2008. 750 pp. Euro32 ...

Article: Napoleon III: A Life.(Review)
New Criterion;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Fenton Bresler Napoleon III: A Life. Carroll & Graf, 300 pages, $27.50 Being a fan of Napoleon III can be frustrating. Friends and relatives ... while your prized miniature bust of Napoleon III elicits the surprised remark, "I ...

Article: Napoleon III
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Napoleon III Napoleon III (1808-1873) was emperor of France from 1852 to 1870. Elected ... economic growth as a result of the industrial revolution, and Napoleon III's government fostered this development. These years were also ...

Article: Carpeaux's vision for Napoleon III: mourning the ...
Apollo;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Imperial Louis-Napoleon, the only son of Napoleon III and Eugenie, the ex-emperor and ex ... time to execute postmortem drawings of Napoleon III, who had been among the artist's ... sketched the funeral service. The Bust of Napoleon III (Fig. 1), which Carpeaux completed ...

Article: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Coventry Patmore, and Alfred Tennyson ...
Victorian Poetry;  December 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... support of the Risorgimento, but also of Napoleon III's intervention in Italy. In writing ... became one as well. PBC begins with "Napoleon III in Italy," an ode to the French Emperor ... volume. Comparing EBB's treatment of Napoleon III to that of Alfred Tennyson, the other ...

Article: Napoleon III: the other Napoleon and his ...
The Magazine Antiques;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Bonaparte (Pl. I) was proclaimed Napoleon III, emperor of the French, on December ... stability and unparalleled prosperity, Napoleon III's regime swiftly collapsed after reverses ... Pl. IV). Ironically, the future Napoleon III was the first child of the new imperial ...

Article: The abbot fighting a new Napoleonic war ... over an emperor's ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... king and then its first president. Yet Napoleon III's remains lie not amid the splendour ... territories, willgo to Farnborough to ask for Napoleon III and his empress, Eugenie, to be movedfrom ... s Abbey. His ultimate aim is to see Napoleon III reunited in death with his ...

Article: The Napoleon III rooms in the Musee du Louvre, ...
The Magazine Antiques;  March 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... projects at the Louvre initiated by Napoleon III (1808-1873) soon after he was proclaimed ... of construction at the Louvre under Napoleon III. He chose the artists and decoration ... successive monarchs was a theme dear to Napoleon III. The ceiling is adorned with an allegorical ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives