Dr Peter Hicks was born in 1964 in Wallsend-upon-Tyne (UK). After graduating in Classics at University College London, he studied at Rome University, Italy and Cambridge, UK (PhD, St John's College, 1993). He has been historian of Napoleon I and III and manager of international affairs at the Fondation Napoléon since 2000. He is also currently Visiting Professor at Bath University (UK) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution, Florida State University (US). He sits on the bi-national Franco-Italian committee fo the commemoration of the Bicentenary of Napoleon on the island of Elba, 1814-2014 and on the Historical Committee for the publication of the complete correspondence of Napoleon I. Recent publications include a new edition of, and commentary on, Napoleon's novel Clisson et Eugénie, Fayard, 2007, and the essay, "Austerlitz and the French", in Richard Harding (ed.) A grat and glorious victory: New perspectives on the battle of Trafalgar, Seaforth 2008.