Popular and scholarly history presents a one-dimensional image of Napoleon as an inveterate instigator of war who repeatedly sought large-scale military conquests. General Franceschi and Ben Weider dismantle this false conclusion in The Wars Against Napoleon, a brilliantly written and researched stu
The Wars of Napoleon
β Scribed by Esdaile, Charles J
- Book ID
- 106888455
- Publisher
- Longman Group United Kingdom
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780582059559
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β¦ Synopsis
Product Description
A survey of the Napoleonic Wars. The central theme is the scale of French military power and its impact on other European states from Portugal to Russia and from Scandinavia to Sicily.
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