Napoleon: Conquest, Reform and Reorganisation / Edition 2

by Clive Emsley

Overview

Napoleon had a profound impact on the development of both France and Europe, and his career had repercussions across the wider world. His career had all the elements of a classical tragedy: having begun with spectacular military and civil achievements, it ended in exile on the tiny Atlantic island of St Helena.

Almost two centuries after Napoleon’s death, historians continue to argue about his aims, his achievements and his legacy. In this thoroughly revised and updated new edition, Clive Emsley brings these historiographical debates up-to-date, and broadens his study to include discussion of the cultural and social impact of the Napoleonic era.

Divided into five parts this new edition:

• offers a succinct summary of Napoleon’s career
• examines his impact on France and Europe, as well as including a new chapter on the impact of the Napoleonic adventure on the wider world
• considers the relationship between Napoleon and the French Revolution
• outlines the difficulties in assessing his career
• explores the current debates surrounding Napoleon
• contains an expanded selection of primary source documents, ranging from state papers to police reports.

A Chronology, Glossary and Who’s Who of key characters are also provided, making this an indispensable textbook for students of nineteenth-century French and European history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138777026
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/27/2014
Series:	Seminar Studies
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clive Emsley is Professor Emeritus of History at the Open University. He is co-editor of the Seminar Studies series. Among his publications are The Longman Companion to Napoleonic Europe (1993) and Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1999).

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction 1. ‘My History is made up of facts, and words alone cannot destroy them’ Part Two: Narrative and Analysis 2. The Career and the Man 3. Reorganising France 4. Reorganising Europe Part Three: Assessment 5. The Legacy Part Four: Documents Part Five: Glossary, Maps, Who’s Who, Bibliography