Napoleon And The Invasion Of Britain

Informationen zum Autor Alexandra Franklin compiled the Bodleian Library's online ballad catalogue. Mark Philp is Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations! University of Oxford. Klappentext Chronicling the real fear of a Napoleonic invasion of Britain from 1798 to 1805! this book reconstructs Britain's political! social and military response and tells the story of the forces dividing the nation in the 1790s through a rich collection of satirical cartoons! medals! pamphlets and broadsides. Zusammenfassung Chronicling the real fear of a Napoleonic invasion of Britain from 1798 to 1805! this book reconstructs Britain's political! social and military response and tells the story of the forces dividing the nation in the 1790s through a rich collection of satirical cartoons! medals! pamphlets and broadsides. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction The Curzon Collection and its Creators The Contrast Invasion! Invasion Machines Divisions in Wartime The Great Fear in 1798 The Peace of Amiens - and Resumption of War Preparing to Defend John Bull Guarding the Toy Shop The Invasion Threat! 1803 Defenders of Britain Gulliver Imagining 'La Descente en Angleterre' Loyalism in Print Napoleon's Career -Ambition -Reputation -Frustration Caricaturists Return to Satire Napoleon in British Memory Further Reading Notes

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• Authors: Alexandra Franklin, Alexandra Franklin, Alexandra/ Philip Franklin, Mark Philip, Mark Philp
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2005
• EAN: 9781851240814
• ISBN: 978-1-85124-081-4
• No. of pages: 131
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 260 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous