The Napoleonic Wars

This is popular history at its most engrossing, providing a vivid introduction to Napoleon's astonishing career and his effect on world history. At the height of Napoleon's powers most of Europe was under his control, from Portugal to Moscow. Bestselling author Richard Holmes brings the era's great battles to life while he recounts how Napoleon transformed France's administrative, educational, and legal systems, forging a pattern that shapes modern governments today.


Author: Richard Holmes
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Published: 02/04/2020
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780233005942

About the Author
Richard Holmes was one of the UK's leading military historians. As well as being the General Editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History, he presented several documentary series for the BBC. His books include The First World War in Photographs, World War II in Photographs, D-Day Remembered, as well as Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front and Wellington: The Iron Duke and Red Coat.