Niqueux, Michel <br/><br/>
Conversation between Bonaparte and an English Traveler  

 -  2010.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> In 1819, Alexandre Oulybychev (1794-1858), an important figure in the Russian ministry of foreign affairs and internationally famous musicologist, invented a dialogue between a British traveller and Napoleon. In the same vein as his anti-despotic utopia written in the same year, Oulybychev used the figure of the British traveller to represent Napoleon as a democrat and fierce opponent of the Holy Alliance. As such the text is an excellent example of the re-evaluation of Napoleon which took place in Russia post-1814, notably in what were later to become Decembrist circles. Here published for the first time is the dialogue and a presentation of the work.