The coups of state against the Napoleons

Animated by Arthur Chevallier. With Thierry Lentz, writer, historian, professor and director of the Napoleon Foundation. Raphaël Dargent, historian, writer. Michel Kerautret, historian, former student of the École Normale Supérieure, specialist in international relations
the Napoleonic period.

ARTHUR CHEVALLIER is the author of several books dedicated to the political, cultural and artistic posterity of the First Empire, among which Napoleon without Bonaparte The Editions du Cerf. Arthur Chevallier is also a columnist for Le Point, Marianne and C tonight.
Last book published : History of emotions (Deer).

RAPHAËL DARGENT, historian and writer. Historien and teacher, specialist in Political History, Raphaël Dargent is the author of several biographies, among whichEmpress Eugénie, the obsession of honour (Belin, 2017, re-ed. Alpha, 2025), Marie-Amélie, the last queen (Tallandier, 2021),Philippe-Égalité, le prince de la Révolution (Tallandier, 2025).

Next work to be published: Georges Cadoudal, the anti-Napoléon(Perrin, 2027).

THIERRY LENTZ historian. Associate professor at the Institut Catholique de Vendée and adviser to the president of the Fondation Napoléon, Thierry Lentz has published numerous works on Napoleonic history, including recently Napoleon and the World (Belin) and, with Charles-Eloi Vial, The myths of Napoleon (Perrin).

Last book published :Napoleon and the World. 1769-2025 (Belin).

MICHEL KERAUTRET historian, former student of the École Normale Supérieure and specialist in international relations at the Napoleonic era. He led the National Assembly’s records department. He published several books on the history of international relations at the Napoleonic era. Among his works: Eugene de Beauharnais. Son and viceroy of Napoleon (Tallander) and The great treaties of the Empire. 1804-1810 (New world).

Last book published : The enemies of Napoleon (Tallandier).