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Whether viewed as an inspired leader or obsessed tyrant, Napoleon has divided opinion for over 200 years. Few individuals have left such a mark on history. Georges Lefebvre's classic work, published here in one paperback volume in English for the first time, is a definitive portrait of the Napoleonic era.
List of contents
Introduction Translator's Note Foreword From 18 Brumaire to Tilsit 1799-1807 I The Legacy of the Revolution 1. The Conflict between the Ancien Regime and the Revolution 2. The Consequences of the War and the Terms of the Peace 3. The Coming of Napoleon Bonaparte II The Pacification of France and Europe (1799-1802) 4. The Organisation of the Dicatorship in France 5. The Pacification of Europe 6. Bonaparte Consul for Life III Imperial Conquest to the Treaty of Tilsit (1802-1807) 7. France and England: The Struggle Renewed (1802-1805) 8. Napoleon's Army 9. The Formation of the Grand Empire (1805-1807) From Tilsit to Waterloo, 1807-1815 IIII. The Imperial Conquests after Tilsit (1807-1812) 10. The Continental System (1807-1809) 11. The War of 1809 3. England's Successes (1807-1811) 12. The Continental Blockade 13. The Preliminaries of the Russian Campaign (1811-1812) V The World in 1812 14. Imperial France 15. The Continental System 16. The Independent Forces III VI The Fall of Napoleon (1812-1815) 17. The Disintegration of the Continental System (1812-1814) 18. The Restoration of the Hundred Days Chronology Further Reading Index
About the author
Georges Lefebvre (1877-1959) One of the foremost historians of the Twentieth Century and known as the ‘historian’s historian’, he held the chair of the French Revolution at the Sorbonne . His The French Revolution is also available in Routledge Classics.
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Whether viewed as an inspired leader or obsessed tyrant, Napoleon has divided opinion for over 200 years. Few individuals have left such a mark on history. Georges Lefebvre's classic work, published here in one paperback volume in English for the first time, is a definitive portrait of the Napoleonic era.
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'Magisterial...a biography that is almost as much a personal adventure story as an intellectual treatise.' - Andrew Roberts
'A penetrating interpretation...No one with a serious interest in the Napoleonic period can afford to ignore it. ' - Times Literary Supplement
