This Dark Business
the secret war against napoleon
$42.57
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
24 August 2020
Summary
Between two attempts in 1800 and 1804 to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte, the British government launched a campaign of black propaganda of unprecedented scope and intensity to persuade George III’s reluctant subjects to fight the Napoleonic War, a war to the death against one man: the Corsican usurper and tyrant.
THIS DARK BUSINESS tells the story of the British government’s determination to destroy Napoleon Bonaparte by any means possible. We have been taught to think of Nap…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349142388 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349142386 |
| Author: | Tim Clayton |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 24 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 40mm |
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Groundbreaking - Sunday Times
What an astonishing story it all is, alternately inspiring and disturbing, a challenging addition to the Napoleonic canon … Clayton writes with a fine eye for detail. You smell the sewers in which these men (and some women) hid or escaped, the cells in which they were confined and sometimes died - and the fear - SpectatorIn the era of fake news, this fascinating tale has obvious contemporary resonances - Times Literary SupplementAbout The Author
Tim Clayton
Tim Clayton was educated at Cambridge University where he specialised in the graphic satire of James Gillray. He is the award winning and bestselling author of a number of books on naval and military history, including the winner of the 2008 Mountbatten Literary Award, Tars, and the critically acclaimed Trafalgar and Waterloo. Tim is also an Associate Fellow of the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He worked at the British Museum as co-curator of the exhibition Bonaparte and the British, which marked the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.
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