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Napoleon - Paperback
$62.06
by Georges Lefebvre (Author)
George Lefebvre first published Napoléon in 1935 as part of the Peuples et Civilisations series. The English translation, long available in two volumes and later issued as a single volume, remains a standard account of the Napoleonic era.
The book runs from the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 to the final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Lefebvre treats the legacy of the Revolution, the organization of the Consulate and Empire, the wars against the successive coalitions, the Continental System, the invasion of Russia, and the collapse of 1812–1815. He examines the administrative, educational, and legal reforms that outlasted the regime, the roles of Talleyrand, Fouché, and Napoleon’s principal adversaries, and the interplay of personal ambition with the pressures of war and the old order. The account is as much a history of the age as a biography of the man.
Sovereign Archive Publishing is proud to offer this standard work of Napoleonic history. Lefebvre's Napoleon remains essential reading for those interested in the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the making of modern Europe.
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Author Biography
Georges Lefebvre (1877-1959) One of the foremost historians of the Twentieth Century and known as the 'historian's historian', he held the chair of the French Revolution at the Sorbonne .
Number of Pages: 600
Dimensions: 1.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: April 04, 2011