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Beating Napoleon

- How Britain Faced Down Her Greatest Challenge
Af: David Andress Engelsk Paperback

Beating Napoleon

- How Britain Faced Down Her Greatest Challenge
Af: David Andress Engelsk Paperback
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''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 of aristocratic confidence and assertion of national superiority. Winning these wars meant ruthless imperialist expansion, spiteful political combat, working under a mad king and forging the most united national effort since the days of the Armada. And it meant setting the foundations for the greatest empire the world has ever known.

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''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 of aristocratic confidence and assertion of national superiority. Winning these wars meant ruthless imperialist expansion, spiteful political combat, working under a mad king and forging the most united national effort since the days of the Armada. And it meant setting the foundations for the greatest empire the world has ever known.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 448
ISBN-13: 9780349141664
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0349141665
Udg. Dato: 18 jun 2015
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 18 jun 2015
Forfatter(e): David Andress
Forfatter(e) David Andress


Kategori Tidlige 19. århundrede, 1800 til 1850


ISBN-13 9780349141664


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 448


Udgave


Længde 32mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 128mm


Udg. Dato 18 jun 2015


Oplagsdato 18 jun 2015


Forlag Little, Brown Book Group

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