Part I. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769-1793 -- An Italian family in Corsica -- A French upbringing -- The French officer and the Corsican patriot -- The revolutionary of Ajaccio -- Lost illusions -- Part II. Entry into the scene: 1793-1796 -- Toulon -- In search of a future -- Happi…
This is the first comprehensive history of the campaign that determined control of Germany following Napoleon's catastrophic defeat in Russia. Michael V. Leggiere reveals how, in the spring of 1813, Prussia, the weakest of the great powers, led the struggle against Napoleon as a…
This book offers a comprehensive biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, from the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in 1799 to his final downfall at the Battle of Waterloo.
Introduction -- Rise Corsica Revolution Desire Italy Victory Peace Egypt Acre Brumaire -- Mastery Consul Marengo Lawgiver Plots Amiens Coronation Austerlitz Jena Blockades Tilsit Iberia Wagram Zenith -- Denouement Russia Trapped Retreat Resilience Leipzig Defiance Elba Waterloo …
"The final volume of the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking trilogy chronicling the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history's most complex and charismatic leaders. This meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner in a dres…
Histories of the Napoleonic period are almost exclusively biographies of the man, or political-military accounts of his wars. But such wars were only the first stage in a far more ambitious programme; the establishment of a rational state which would force the pace of modernisin…
The pattern of European development since 1789 can be understood only by study of those all-embracing forces that have affected the whole continent, from Britain to the Balkans. Dr Thomson's history was written in this belief. In it he emphasises particularly the overall factors…
