Beating Napoleon
how britain faced down her greatest challenge
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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
10 August 2015
Summary
‘If it had not been for you English, I should have been Emperor of the East; but wherever there is water to float a ship, we are sure to find you in our way.’ - Emperor Napoleon
But just thirty-five years earlier, Britain lacked any major continental allies, and was wracked by crises and corruption. Many thought that she would follow France into revolution. The British elite had no such troubling illusions: defeat was not a possibility. Since not all shared that certainty, the resumpt…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349141664 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349141665 |
| Author: | David Andress |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 10 August 2015 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 300mm x 197mm |
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A vivid picture of how the British Empire not only had to defeat Napoleon but also some of its own people
A vivid picture of how the British Empire not only had to defeat Napoleon but also some of its own people * Herald *
About The Author
David Andress
David Andress is Professor of Modern History at the University of Portsmouth, where he has taught since 1994. He is the author of a number of acclaimed studies of the French Revolution and its international context, including The French Revolution and the People (2004), The Terror (2005), and 1789 (2008). As well as broadening his writing interests to embrace the British Isles, he is currently editing the Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution.
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