The savage storm : Britain on the brink in the age of Napoleon / David Andress.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andress, David, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Great Britain--History--1789-1820.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1789-1820.

International relations.

Great Britain--History, Military--1789-1820.

History, Military.

Physical Description:

xv, 428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Little, Brown, 2012.

Summary:

Britain's defeat of Napoleon is one the great accomplishments in our history. And yet it was by no means certain that Britain itself would survive the revolutionary fervour of the age, let alone emerge victorious from such a vast conflict. From the late 1790s, the country was stricken by naval mutinies, rebellion in Ireland, and riots born of hunger, poverty and grinding injustice. As the new century opened, with republican graffiti on the walls of the cities, and revolutionary secret societies reportedly widespread, King George III only narrowly escaped assassination. Jacobin forces seemed to threaten a dissolution of the social order.

Contents:

1 Revolutionary Terrors 15

2 Sedition and Stalemate 39

3 Uneasy Yearning for Peace 60

4 Peace Through War, and War for Peace 82

5 Alone against the Emperor 104

6 Shifting Sands 129

7 Isolation and Determination 150

8 The State of the Nation 169

9 New Hopes and New Disasters 186

10 The Sepoy General and the Spanish Ulcer 209

11 The Sorrows of War 234

12 The Uncertain Tide of Victory 257

13 Madrid to Moscow 282

14 In the Balance 301

15 Endgames 322

16 Reckoning and Return 348.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781408701928

1408701928

OCLC:

813225041