Focusing on the scale of French military power, this book offers a thorough examination of the Napoleonic Wars and their effects on other European nations. It serves as an essential resource for students interested in the French Revolutionary Wars and the broader context of European and military history during this period, providing updated insights and analyses.
In the iconography of the Peninsular War of 1808-14, women are well represented - both as heroines, such as Agustina Zaragosa Domenech, and as victims, whether of starvation or of French brutality. In history, however, with its focus on high politics and military operations, they are invisible - a situation that Charles Esdaile seeks to address.
For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had one of the world's great navies to defend it. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empire. This book presents this terrible conflict. schovat popis
No military figure in history has been quite as polarizing as Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he a monster, driven by an endless, ruinous quest for military glory? Or a social and political visionary brought down by petty, reactionary kings of Europe? In this definitive account, historian Charles Esdaile argues that the chief motivating factor for Napoleon was his insatiable desire for fame. More than a myth-busting portrait, however, Esdaile offers a panoramic view of the armed conflicts that spread so quickly out of revolutionary France to countries as remote as Sweden and Egypt. To establish why the countries of Europe fought one another for so long and with such devastating results, Esdaile portrays the battles as the consequence of rulers who were willing to take the immense risks of either fighting or supporting Napoleon--risks that resulted in the extinction of entire countries.--From publisher description
Madrid. 23 cm. 479 p. il. col. y n., mapas. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Historia de España', numero coleccion(18). Charles S. sic Esdaile, Antony Beevor. Bibliografí p. 474-479. 1902-1931 (Alfonso XIII). 1931-1939 (II República). Beevor, Antony. 1946-. Historia de España (Diario El País). 18 .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 9788498157628