Napoleon at Peace: How to End a Revolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789146172)

A cogent, comprehensive, and sweeping account of Napoleon's dismantling of the French Revolution, giving new insight into this critical period of French history.

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.

Author: William Doyle
ISBN-10: 1789146178
ISBN-13: 9781789146172
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2022
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs