| Description |
509 pages : map. ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Dissatisfaction and reform -- The ancient regime -- Government under the ancient regime -- Society under the ancient regime -- The political philosophy of the eighteenth century -- Staving off the revolution -- The fall of the monarchy -- The estates general become the national assembly -- The people prevent counter-revolution -- The triumph of the bourgeoisie -- The counter-revolution -- Constitutional monarchy fails -- The first French republic -- The Girondin supremacy in the convention -- The Jacobin supremacy in the convention -- The Thermidorian reaction -- The directory -- Stabilization and reaction -- The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte -- Napoleon Bonaparte becomes master of France -- Napoleon Bonaparte becomes monarch of France -- Crystallization of the revolution -- Napoleon becomes master in Europe -- Defeat and reaction -- The continental system -- Liberation, abdication and restoration -- Restoration and reaction in Europe -- The hundred days. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [459]-474. |
| Subject |
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
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France -- Politics and government.
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
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France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.
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| Added Author |
Shotwell, James T., 1874-1965.
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