They pleased the bored nobles and gentry; Nash became rich, and won the patronage of the lavish Prince. In 1811 he was commissioned to rebuild a mile of Regent Street to run from the Regent's Carlton House in a sweeping curve out to the ...
London : G. Bell and Sons , Ltd. , 1912. Classic study of Napoleon as “ the man , the Jacobin , the warrior , the lawgiver , the emperor , the thinker , the world - ruler , and the exile , " noting that Napoleon did not understand the ...
The Royal Sovereign , Admiral Collingwood's flagship , was the first to penetrate the French line ; the Victory , with equal impetuousness , broke through behind the tenth French ship shortly afterward.57 The French and Spanish crews ...
J. Christopher Herold tells the fascinating story of the Napoleonic world in all its aspects -- political, cultural, military, commercial, and social.
The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815
The age of Napoleon transformed Europe, laying the foundations for the modern world. Now Alistair Horne, one of the great chroniclers of French history gives us a fresh account of that remarkable time.
From the storming of the Bastille to the capture and execution of Louis XVI, this volume vividly documents the dramatic events and key historical figures which shaped the course of this most volatile period of France's history.
The Age of Napoleon: A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815
In this resource, a detailed timeline, maps, illustrations, biographical sketches, and primary documents help students get a feel for the brief but enduring Age of Napoleon.
The Age of Napoleon