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Napoleon at peace : how to end a revolution / William Doyle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doyle, William, 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Napoleon.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
- France.
- France--History--Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Causes.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- War--Causes.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2022.
- Summary:
- "The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion, and monarchy. Doyle shows how, as First Consul of the Republic, Napoleon resolved these issues: first by winning the war, then by forging peace with the Church, and finally by making himself a monarch. Napoleon at Peace ends by discussing Napoleon's one great failure--his attempt to restore the colonial empire destroyed by war and slave rebellion. By the time this endeavor was abandoned, the fragile peace with Great Britain had broken down, and the Napoleonic wars had begun."--Publisher description.
- Contents:
- Taking control
- Winning the war
- Treating with God
- Restoring authority
- Curbing disorder
- An experimental peace.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1789146178
- 9781789146172
- OCLC:
- 1289241427
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