PublishedOxford University Press, August 2016 |
ISBN9780198766230 |
FormatSoftcover, 352 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.7cm × 1.9cm |
The dramatic story of Napoleon's overthrow - focusing not on the battle of Waterloo, whose importance has been overestimated, but on the two years before, from the retreat from Moscow to his first abdication in 1814. This period has been much less studied, but saw Napoleon lose both his European empire and the throne of France. Compared to this, his brief return to France in 1815, ending at Waterloo, was merely an epilogue.
