Historical Maps of the Napoleonic WarsHistorical Maps of the Napoleonic Wars
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Current format, Book, 2003, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsThe revolutions of the late eighteenth century in North America and then France had a profound effect on world politics at the time -- and the echoes still reverberate today. The independence sought by Britain's North American colonies was primarily financial and the republic that arose was not dominated by a single man but by a constitution that gave every citizen freedom. In France things couldn't have been more different. The French Revolution was aimed at the ruling classes and, after.
The bloodshed of the Terror and the Revolutionary wars, the Bourbon monarchy was replaced by one of the most charismatic figures in history -- Napoleon Bonaparte, who concentrated power into his and his family's hands to create a European empire. Brilliant, eclectic, razor-sharp, Napoleon bestrode the world like Shakespeare's Caesar -- and when he wasn't fighting he was providing France with systems of law, education, and government that would last until today.
Historical Maps of the Napoleonic Wars tells the story of this period in maps, starting with the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and ending with the house on St. Helena provided for Napoleon by his British captors. As many of these maps come from British sources, particularly the Public Record Office at Kew, there is material aplenty on the naval successes of Nelson, the Peninsular War and the successes of Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, and events that involved British.
Forces. However, it has also a surprisingly diverse collection of the battles fought by Napoleon in central Europe and Russia, and of contemporary maps of European states. From the late eighteenth century until his defeat in 1815, Napoleon was without doubt the major figure on the European stage: at the same time bogeyman and emperor. His military successes are well known; his defeats, so few and far between, are legendary. Most of these battles find a place in this volume, as do those of.
His beaknosed Anglo-Irish nemesis, Wellington, whose long Peninsular campaigns eventually led to the invasion of southern France and, ultimately, the field of Waterloo. Book jacket.
The bloodshed of the Terror and the Revolutionary wars, the Bourbon monarchy was replaced by one of the most charismatic figures in history -- Napoleon Bonaparte, who concentrated power into his and his family's hands to create a European empire. Brilliant, eclectic, razor-sharp, Napoleon bestrode the world like Shakespeare's Caesar -- and when he wasn't fighting he was providing France with systems of law, education, and government that would last until today.
Historical Maps of the Napoleonic Wars tells the story of this period in maps, starting with the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and ending with the house on St. Helena provided for Napoleon by his British captors. As many of these maps come from British sources, particularly the Public Record Office at Kew, there is material aplenty on the naval successes of Nelson, the Peninsular War and the successes of Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, and events that involved British.
Forces. However, it has also a surprisingly diverse collection of the battles fought by Napoleon in central Europe and Russia, and of contemporary maps of European states. From the late eighteenth century until his defeat in 1815, Napoleon was without doubt the major figure on the European stage: at the same time bogeyman and emperor. His military successes are well known; his defeats, so few and far between, are legendary. Most of these battles find a place in this volume, as do those of.
His beaknosed Anglo-Irish nemesis, Wellington, whose long Peninsular campaigns eventually led to the invasion of southern France and, ultimately, the field of Waterloo. Book jacket.
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- London : PRC ; New York, NY : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling Pub., 2003.
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