Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815
- ISBN-10
- 0143116282
- ISBN-13
- 9780143116288
- Series
- Napoleon's Wars
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 622
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA
- Author
- Charles Esdaile
Description
An account of the European wars during the rise and fall of Napoleon challenges popular conceptions about the notorious military figure's ambitions and achievements while posing an alternative view on the circumstances that motivated long-standing armed conflicts throughout Europe. 20,000 first printing.
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