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The Napoleonic Mediterranean: Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire
Michael Broers
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Hardcover. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
The Mediterranean was one of Napoleon's greatest spheres of influence. With territory in Spain, Italy and, of course, France, Napoleon's regime dominated the Great Sea for much of the early nineteenth century. The 'Napoleonic Mediterranean' was composed of almost the entirety of the western, European lands bordering its northern shores, however tenuously many of those shores were held. The disastrous attempt to conquer Egypt in 1798-99, and the rapid loss of Malta to the British, sealed its eastward and southern limits. None of Napoleon's Mediterranean possessions were easily held; they were volatile societies which showed determined resistance to the new ... Read more
The Mediterranean was one of Napoleon's greatest spheres of influence. With territory in Spain, Italy and, of course, France, Napoleon's regime dominated the Great Sea for much of the early nineteenth century. The 'Napoleonic Mediterranean' was composed of almost the entirety of the western, European lands bordering its northern shores, however tenuously many of those shores were held. The disastrous attempt to conquer Egypt in 1798-99, and the rapid loss of Malta to the British, sealed its eastward and southern limits. None of Napoleon's Mediterranean possessions were easily held; they were volatile societies which showed determined resistance to the new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
International Library of Historical Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784531447
SKU
V9781784531447
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About Michael Broers
Michael Broers is Professor of Western European History, University of Oxford and Fellow in Modern History, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. His books include The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, 1796-1814; The Politics of Religion in Napoleonic Italy; Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny and Europe Under Napoleon (I.B.Tauris)
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