Napoleon

First published in 1935, this history follows Napoleon Bonaparte from the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 through the Consulate, the Empire, and the collapse of 1814-1815. Lefebvre treats Bonaparte as a product of the Revolution who restored personal power while exporting French administration, conscription, and the Continental System across Europe. The narrative covers the wars with Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, the Grand Empire after Tilsit, the Peninsular War, the Russian campaign, and Waterloo, set against classes, finance, and the old regimes that opposed him. Talleyrand, Fouche, Pitt, Wellington, and Alexander appear as forces in a European conflict. The book is a political and social history of the Napoleonic period, not a character study alone.

Bound in dark red cloth with gilt cover and spine design. Dark green slipcase.