The French Revolution and Napoleon : crucible of the modern world /
Lynn Hunt and Jack R. Censer.
- xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.
A world overturned -- The power of the people, 1789-1792 -- A republic in constant crisis, 1792-1794 -- The power of the military, 1794-1799 -- From Bonapartist Republic to Napoleonic Empire, 1800-1807 -- The Napoleonic eagle soars and finally plummets, 1808-1815 -- Conclusion: crucible of the modern world.
The French Revolution and Napoleon: Crucible of the Modern World is a concise and accessible overview of one of the most transformative periods in world history — from the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 to the fall of Napoleon in 1815.
9781474213721 9781474213714
2017010879
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. France--History--Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.