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Beating Napoleon

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Description for Beating Napoleon Paperback. An extraordinarily gripping narrative of how Britain, seemingly on the ropes after losing control of America, built the military and naval might to defeat Napoleon -- and in doing so transformed her destiny. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.

'If it had not been for you English, I should have been Emperor of the East; but wherever there is water to float a ship, we are sure to find you in our way.' Emperor Napoleon

But just thirty-five years earlier, Britain lacked any major continental allies, and was wracked by crises and corruption. Many thought that she would follow France into revolution. The British elite had no such troubling illusions: defeat was not a possibility. Since not all shared that certainty, the resumption of the conflict and its pursuit through years of Napoleonic dominance is a remarkable story ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349141664
SKU
V9780349141664
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99-50

About David Andress
David Andress is Professor of Modern History at the University of Portsmouth, where he has taught since 1994. He is the author of a number of acclaimed studies of the French Revolution and its international context, including The French Revolution and the People (2004), The Terror (2005), and 1789 (2008). As well as broadening his writing interests to embrace the ... Read more

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A vivid picture of how the British Empire not only had to defeat Napoleon but also some of its own people
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