Defying Napoleon

Author(s) : MUNCH-PETERSEN Thomas
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Defying Napoleon

In the later summer of 1807 a new era of British international politics dawned with the aggressive bombing of Copenhagen by British forces. This book by Thomas Munch-Petersen, senior lecturer in Scandinavian History at University College London, UK, is one of the first ever monographs in English on the subject. It deals in detail with the Anglo-Danish diplomatic wranglings which preceded the show of force, Danish relations with France and finally the bombardment itself. The book is based on extensive original research in British and mainly Scandinavian archives and offers new evidence and interpretations. Most of all, it tells the story of Napoleon Bonaparte's “ferocious will”, Alexander I's “devious and nebulous ambitions” and George Canning's “determination” at the time of this famously unprovoked aggression against a neutral state and the terror bombardment of a civilian population.

Year of publication :
2007
Place and publisher :
London: Sutton Publishing
Number of pages :
320
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