She supervises research in modern and contemporary history, and specializes in the French Revolution and the First Empire. Among her publications are Napoléon: Héros, Imperator, mécène (Napoleon: Hero, Imperator, Patron), Aubier, 1998; L’empire de Napoléon (Napoleon’s Empire), Champs Flammarion, 2000; Mythes et légendes de Napoléon (Myths and Legends of Napoleon), Privat, 2004; La Révolution, une exception française? (The Revolution: A French Exception?), Flammarion, 2004; and La Révolution batave: entre la France et l’Amérique (The Batavian Revolution: Between France and America), Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2008.