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The War of Wars: The Great European Conflict 1793 - 1815

Robert Harvey

Hardcover | Pages: 832 pages

Rating: 3.99 | 295 Users | 40 Reviews

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Original Title:	The War of Wars: The Great European Conflict 1793 - 1815
ISBN:	0786718579 (ISBN13: 9780786718573)
Edition Language:	English

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At the turn of the 18th century the greatest nations in Europe, separated by only 21 miles of water, offered history two distinct ideals that would shape the new century: England was a democratic, constitutional monarchy; while France had suffered the cataclysm of Revolution which ripped the absolute King from the throne and replaced him with the Mob. Out of this emerged, Napoleon Bonaparte, commander of the revolutionary army, who would conquer Italy and Egypt before returning to Paris to proclaim himself Emperor. As Napoleon gained power in France, the world stood on the brink of total war. By 1805 the General Napoleon was making plans to cross the channel and invade England. The subsequent drama reaches from the frozen plains surrounding Moscow to the Caribbean waters, from the debating chamber of the Parliament to the muddy fields of Waterloo. The Great French Wars (1793-1815) can truly be called the first global war; and also the first conflict driven by industrial might. Mostly, it was a battle between commanders that history will never forget; as Napoleon's revolutionary guard ravaged Europe, men like the Duke of Wellington, Horatio Nelson, and their allies, stopped Napoleon's complete domination of the continent.

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Title	:	The War of Wars: The Great European Conflict 1793 - 1815
Author	:	Robert Harvey
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 832 pages
Published	:	December 26th 2006 by Basic Books (first published October 26th 2006)
Categories	:	History. Military. Military History. European History. Nonfiction. War

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I call myself a history lover, so it is with some embarrassment that I must admit how little I know about one of historys greatest actors: Napoleon Bonaparte. A quick rundown on my mental file on the diminutive conqueror. He has a very large tomb in Les Invalides, which I visited during college but could not enjoy because I spoke zero French. I once watched part of a miniseries about Napoleon and his wife, Josephine. Their relationship makes my marriage look excellent! I also read the first

An epic book about an epic war!Really enjoyed this book about an era of history I knew little of. Although I dont often read big books like this, 926 pages, I found it easy to read and got through it a lot quicker than I thought. I thought I might have to take a break half way through it, but I didnt. This book wasnt too in depth so for someone like me it who knew very little of this era, so it was a great read. Also there wasnt much analysis of events just told as it happened, so others may

This was a very thorough look at the Napleonic wars. The author's clear anti-Bonaparte bias is annoying at times, but the detail and research put it into telling the history of this era cannot be denied.

The fact that Britain and Napoleonic France were at war from 1802 to 1815 is well known. What is not so well known is that Britain and Revolutionary France had been at war since 1793 and that the war was not merely a European war but one that spanned the globe and could therefore claim to be called the first world war. This book attempts to provide a comprehensive view of that war and does so successfully although in somewhat brief fashion but that is primarily due to the fact that the events

This is a book with an extremely ambitious brief, to cover the history of the pan-European conflict that began with the French Revolution and ended with the second and last downfall of Napoleon after Waterloo.Although the book is 900 odd pages, it by necessity has to move at extraordinary speed. The French Revolution is covered in just a few pages. This is fine, for a general history of this sort cannot afford to get bogged down in topics that are best covered by more specific histories.Before



Very well-researched book. I came across it in the gift shop in L'Arc De Triomphe and knew I wanted to read it as I am an avid reader of history, especially military history. That said, I learned so much about the seeds of the French Revolution and things I never knew about Napoleon. I never learned in school that Josephine cheated on him at every turn or that Ney was loyal, but wasn't much of a tactician.