The savage storm: Britain on the brink in the age of Napoleon

Britain's defeat of Napoleon is one the great accomplishments in our history. And yet it was by no means certain that Britain itself would survive the revolutionary fervour of the age, let alone emerge victorious from such a vast conflict. From the late 1790s, the country was stricken by naval...

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1. Verfasser: Andress, David 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Little, Brown 2012
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Zusammenfassung:Britain's defeat of Napoleon is one the great accomplishments in our history. And yet it was by no means certain that Britain itself would survive the revolutionary fervour of the age, let alone emerge victorious from such a vast conflict. From the late 1790s, the country was stricken by naval mutinies, rebellion in Ireland, and riots born of hunger, poverty and grinding injustice. As the new century opened, with republican graffiti on the walls of the cities, and revolutionary secret societies reportedly widespread, King George III only narrowly escaped assassination. Jacobin forces seemed to threaten a dissolution of the social order
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xv, 428 p., [16] p. of plates ill., maps, ports. 24 cm

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