JONAS DE NEEF | An author, translator & lifetime enthusiast of the Napoleonic era.
Welcome to The Napoleon Chronicles!
The goal of this blog is to make French primary source material available for a wide audience by translating them into English. It’s been a longtime passion of mine to read (literally) hundreds upon hundreds of Napoleonic memoirs and correspondence compilations of the men and women of all sorts of backgrounds who witnessed this most turbulent period in European history.
It’s a real pleasure for me to be able to present and share these accounts with all of you, most who have often been ignored or translated only now for the very first time. Enjoy!
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What people are saying …
“An excellent, diverse compilation of translated letters which helps shed light on the experiences of Napoleon’s soldiers in Spain, ranging from conscripts to marshals. An invaluable resource – as are all of Jonas De Neef’s books – for any non-French-reading, Anglophone students of Napoleonic history who are interested in studying the French perspectives of this period, which have generally (and unsurprisingly) been far less represented in English than those of their opponents.”
— Sarah Hammell, author – Project Murat.
“What a fantastic compilation of historical documents. I cannot wait to read this again. I would highly recommend this for anyone who needs in-depth knowledge of La Grande Armée! Mr. De Neef will be one of our ages greatest Napoleonic scholars.”
— Timothy Hahn, head moderator La Grande Armée of Memes and Francophile Themes.
“This young historian is doing so much for the study of Napoleon and his soldiers.”
— Mark Schneider, re-enactor – Napoleon in America.
“Jonas de Neef’s translations are lively and accurately relay the drama and emotions of the accounts.”
Remarks on Jonas’ translation of Césare de Laugier’s 1812 memoirs: “César de Laugier’s memoirs give a vivid account of the experiences – the good, the bad, and the ugly – of the soldiers involved in the Russian campaign of 1812. Once again, Jonas has provided an important source for English-speaking Napoleonic scholars.”
— J. David Markham, President International Napoleonic Society, Knight of the Order of the French Academic Palms.
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