On June 30, 2022, Erez Levanon's lecture was held at the Kibbutzim Seminar, which dealt with the early years of Napoleon's career, a large part of which is related to Corsica, from the days when he was a trainee at an officer school to the end of the French Revolution, when he began to advance through the ranks.
If you have an hour and a half free, I invite you to watch the recording of the lecture.
However, if you prefer to read, you are welcome to continue on and receive the content of Erez's fascinating lecture in text form.
Since this is an hour and a half lecture, I came to the conclusion that the most appropriate way to present the text of the lecture to you is by dividing it into several chapters, so that you can read one chapter at a time and whenever you have time, you can return to the article and read another chapter, until you finish reading the fascinating story of the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte's journey from the day he went to study at the officer school until he became First Consul (and later Emperor).
outline
- Corsica, the Bonaparte family and the studies of the young Napoleon
- Second Lieutenant Nabolio – Corsica, the Great Revolution and Pauli
- Eat or be eaten – Sardinia, the expulsion from Corsica, and Napoleon's rise to greatness
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A few words about Erez Lebanon and the Israeli Association for the Study of Napoleon
I am a Jerusalemite by birth (1950). I am a lawyer by profession, and studying Napoleon is one of my hobbies, along with other favorites like Heinrich Heine, who lived in Paris for 26 years until his death (buried in Montmartre).
A big fan of nineteenth-century French literature – that's where I got stuck. I haven't reached the twentieth century yet.
The Israeli Association for the Study of Napoleon and His Period was founded in Israel in 1997 by the late Prof. Mordechai Gihon of Tel Aviv University.
Since then, it has miraculously existed and maintains regular annual activities, mainly in the form of monthly lectures on Napoleon and his period, alongside tours following Napoleon's campaign in the Land of Israel.
Among the association's members were one of Israel's leading nuclear scientists, a former Chief of Staff, and one of Israel's greatest brain surgeons (names withheld, of course).
In addition, the association has held international conferences in Israel with the participation of renowned scholars from abroad. So far, conferences have been held on the following topics: “Bicentennial of Napoleon’s Campaign in Palestine” (in 1999), “Napoleon and the Jews – Bicentennial of the Sanhedrin in Paris” (in 2006), “Bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo” (2015)…
The association is affiliated with the International Napoleonic Society, founded by the late Ben-Vider, a Canadian Jew, who contributed his inexhaustible energy and money to the advancement of the subject. He also published several books on the subject, including: “The Assassination of Napoleon,” which was translated into Hebrew.
The international association holds a conference every year in one of the countries of the world. So far, conferences have been held in Italy, France (of course), Malta, Corsica, Georgia, Russia, Spain, Ireland, Cuba (where one of the most important Napoleonic museums in the world is located, founded before the revolution by a Jew named Wolf), Germany, the Netherlands, and countless others.
We would be happy to add new members, and those interested can contact my email address (erez@erez-law.co.il).
And I would like to emphasize that my interest in Napoleon is just a hobby for me and not an illness.