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de Jean-Paul Naddeo
Legendary road, unmissable, jewel of our heritage, the Napoléon road is included in the Pantheon of the most beautiful roads in France thanks to its audacious route where history mixes with the incredible beauty of the landscapes. It connects Golfe Juan to Grenoble via Sisteron, Le Poët, Upaix, Ventavon and Monêtier Allemont before arriving at Gap, crossing the Champsaur to then arrive at Grenoble. His itinerary was built on the paths taken by the Emperor during his return from exile on the island of Elba to reconquer the throne of France. Today, it is tourism much more than history that takes over the Route Napoléon. From turn to turn, in the heart of magnificent landscapes that delight motorists, bikers and cyclists, you too can travel this famous road and this superb book, abundantly illustrated and documented!

Jean Pierre JAUBERT
On March 1, 1815, Napoleon landed at Golfe Juan. On March 3 in Gap, news of the landing was known and the arrival of the Emperor was announced for March 5. In the Hautes-Alpes prefecture, there are three witnesses to these events, Pierre-Antoine Farnaud the general secretary, François Merlet, the secretary of the prefect Harmand and Joseph Faure head of the general administration office. All three have written their memoirs and give us their perceptions of these days of March 1815. To their points of view are added the writings of Alexandre César Flour de Saint-Genis, mayor of Upaix, of Albert Montemont, administrator of Rights gathered in Gap, Guillaume Joseph Peyrusse, general treasurer of the Crown during the Hundred Days, Jean-Baptiste Germain Fabry lawyer and writer, Louis Olivier, grenadier. A Gapençais historian, Ernest Sibour, also provides his perspective through the testimonies he has collected. Some are royalists, others are Bonapartists but all relate in great detail what happened on March 5 and 6, 1815 in the Hautes-Alpes. But, they do not forget to mention the consequences of Napoleon's passage through Gap with the punitive operations carried out by the Marseille royalists on this city, operations which only had their outcome on April 7, 1815 during the Battle of Piles à La Saulce. Throughout these documents, the reader will be able to make their own analysis of this Hundred Days period.

With 200 old postcards and documents, Henri Joannet presents the Napoleon Road and its fantastic history ! The Route Napoleon, was inaugurated in 1932. 328 km long, it is the route taken by the Emperor in March 1815. In french.