We received the following release. --RL The International Napoleonic Fair, held on Sunday 17 February 2002, was a great success. The show, which attracted a large number of visitors from all over the world, is well and truly established as the key event in the subject area. There were a great many exhibitors at the Fair - selling all kinds of Napoleonic merchandise from historical artifacts to computer games and from model figures to replica weapons - as well as demonstration wargames, displays put on by the Napoleonic Asoociation and others and three keynote lectures. The exhibitors included a number of veterans of the event such as Battlescene Pictures, Bonapartes, Ian Fletcher Battlefield Tours, Librairie Historique Teissedre ­ from Paris ­ and The Old Guard. A range of Napoleonic books were on offer from leading publishers in the field and specialist dealers, and Greenhill released new books especially for the event. A vast range of antiquarian and secondhand books were also on offer, making the show the event to come to if you want to track down that elusive first edition. There were a number of exciting new exhibitors at the event. Colonial Soldier presented a range of four-foot-high display figures; Cooper Square, from America, were selling videos and books on the 1812 war in Canada; Sean Phillips presented reconstructions of Napoleonic dress and equipment; and the Corunna Society handed out information on re-enactments in northern Spain. Re-enactors themselves were well represented. A number of units provided information about 'enlisting¹ and about life in their formations. Resplendant uniforms were everywhere - Polish Lancers of the Guard could be seen shoulder-to-shoulder with Spanish generals, British dragoons, Highlanders or Black Brunswickers. The wargames always draw a crowd and this year there were well-presented recreations of Ligny and a Peninsular War battle. Lectures at the International Napoleonic Fair are often regarded as a highlight of the event and this year was no exception. Andrew Roberts gave a fascinating talk on Napoleon, Wellington and Waterloo to a packed hall and then signed copies of his recent best-seller after his talk. Paul Britten Austin spoke in detail about the ups and downs of using Napoleonic memoirs as historical sources and discussed his newly-published book 1815: The Return of Napoleon. Ian Fletcher¹s talk was also well-attended and he spoke, with considerable insight, on the merits of the various British first-hand accounts of the Peninsular War. The Fair had a real international flavour with visitors from France, America, Spain, Germany as well as the United Kingdom and Ireland. In addition to hundreds of enthusiasts there were also official representatives from the Napoleonic Association, the Napoleonic Society of America, the ASKB Military Collection, the International Napoleonic Society and La Fondation Napoleonienne. The next International Napoleonic Fair will be held on 16th February 2003 and will again be at the Royal National Hotel in central London. You will shortly be able to view photos of the Fair on the Greenhill website (www.greenhillbooks.com). Back to 1st Quarter 2002 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com