Publications : 1274
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PublicationBook on the sale of French national property 1790-1867
Analysis over an enormous greographical and chronological spread of the sale of national property and the fiscal reorganisation of the regions in France, Belgium and the left bank of the Rhine, for the most part during the Revolution and the EmpireLa vente des biens nationaux: l’événement le plus important de la Révolution, 1790-1867
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PublicationStudy of the revolution of 1848 and public opinion in the South of France
Reactions to the Revolution of 1848, and later the Coup d’Etat of 1851, in a strongly republican region.De la Révolution au coup d’Etat, 1848-1851: les répercussions des événements parisiens entre Alpes et Pyrénées: colloque de Montpellier, 18-19 septembre 1999
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PublicationBook on Thibaudeau, “the last survivor of the Convention”
Lawyer in the last years of the Ancien Régime, Antoine-Claire Thibaudeau (1765-1854) took part in the creation of the Club des Jacobins and was elected to the Convention where he was particularly active (Président of the Assemblée in 1795, member of the commission charged with drawing up the Constitution de l’An III). The Coup d’Etat […]
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PublicationNew Publications on the Battle of Marengo
Recently published by Rizzoli in honour of the 200th aniversary of the Battle of Marengo, Marengo: la battaglia che creò il mito di Napoleone by Marco Gioannini and Giulio Massobrio is an excellent book, combining a racy novelistic style with careful historical accuracy, including the most complete and up-to-date bibliography on the battle and on […]
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PublicationMarengo 1800: Napoleon’s greatest gamble
A detailed analysis of the Battle of Marengo. This book can be bought online here http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1855329654/qid%3D962207785/sr%3D1-1/026-5502172-6009235
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Publication1812. Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia: The March on Moscow – Napoleon in Moscow – The Great Retreat
Austin's monumental trilogy on the Russian campaign
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PublicationNapoleon’s Legacy: Problems of Government in Restoration Europe
Stemming from a conference of the same name held at the Institute of Historical Research in London on 18/19 April, 1997, this interesting collection of essays details the complex and contradictory legacy of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire. It is divided into three main sections, ‘The Apparatus of State’, ‘The Legacy of Annexation’ […]
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PublicationLe Mètre du monde
Following Dava Sobel’s success with Longitude, Denis Guedj here recounts the story of the creation of the metre. Pierre Méchain and Jean-Baptiste Delambre set out from the Tuileries on 24 June 1792 heading for Barcelona and Dunkerque respectively. The idea was for these two men to leave their destinations and to meet halfway in Rodez. […]
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PublicationN.
Winner of Italy's prestigious Strega literary prize, N. recounts Napoleon's three hundred days spent on Elba before his escape and return to power during the 'Hundred Days'. The novel turns around Napoleon's relations with a local intellectual, Martino Acquabona, whom the emperor appoints as his librarian. As a result, Martino gets to know Napoleon and […]
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PublicationThe Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte
His ninth book, The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte is volume one of a complete biography. The author, Robert B. Asprey, is a former US Marine and writer of military history. The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 1