Battle for Paris 1815, 9781526749277
Hardcover
Waterloo wasn’t the end: the untold story of Paris’s last stand.

Battle for Paris 1815

the untold story of the fighting after waterloo

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  • Hardcover

    344 pages

  • Release Date

    16 October 2019

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Summary

On the morning of 3 July 1815, the French General Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans, at the head of a brigade of dragoons, fired the last shots in the defence of Paris until the Franco-Prussian War sixty-five years later. Why did he do so? Traditional stories of 1815 end with Waterloo, that fateful day of 18 June, when Napoleon Bonaparte fought and lost his last battle, abdicating his throne on 22 June. So why was Exelmans still fighting for Paris? Surely the fighting had ended on 18 June? Not so.…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781526749277
ISBN-10:1526749270
Author:Paul L. Dawson
Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:Frontline Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:344
Release Date:16 October 2019
Weight:610g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

“Story of the final battles after Waterloo have been strangely missing, particularly in the English language. The author has provided a very readable account of the Battle for Paris and final engagements. - Highly Recommended.”– “Firetrench”“The author has spent a great deal of time studying the French sources, so his work on that side of the campaign is based on solid archival research. He gives the French political leaders more credit than is often the case, acknowledging that they had a valid reason to avoid much further conflict.”– “History of War”

About The Author

Paul L. Dawson

Paul L. Dawson BSc Hons MA, MIFA, FINS, is a historian, field archaeologist and author who has written more than twenty books, his speciality being the French Army of the Napoleonic Wars. As well as speaking French and having an in-depth knowledge of French archival sources, Paul is also an historical tailor producing museum-quality replica clothing, the study of which has given him a unique understanding of the Napoleonic era.

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