Napoleon at Peace
How to End a Revolution

Name: Napoleon at Peace
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: William Doyle
ISBN: 9798212043069

Author: William Doyle

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 09/26/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, History, European History, World History

Synopsis

A cogent, comprehensive, and sweeping account of Napoleon’s dismantling of the French Revolution, giving new insight into this critical period of French history.The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion, and monarchy. Doyle shows how, as First Consul of the Republic, Napoleon resolved these issues: first by winning the war, then by forging peace with the Church, and finally by making himself a monarch. Napoleon at Peace ends by discussing Napoleon’s one great failure—his attempt to restore the colonial empire destroyed by war and slave rebellion. By the time this endeavor was abandoned, the fragile peace with Great Britain had broken down, and the Napoleonic wars had begun.

About William Doyle

William Doyle is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Bristol, and a Fellow of the British Academy. His many books include The Oxford History of the French Revolution (1989, 3rd edn 2018).

About John Lee

John Lee is the winner of numerous Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. He has twice won acclaim as AudioFile’s Best Voice in Fiction & Classics. He also narrates video games, does voice-over work, and writes plays.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean

This is an interesting look at how Napoleon brought order from the chaos of the French Revolution. This is not a biography of Napoleon but it is a study of how he came to power. The book is well researched and written. The first part of the book shows the chaos of the Revolution, the numerous coup d’......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

There are libraries full of books on the French Revolution, on Napoleon, and on the Napoleonic Wars. It might seem unnecessary, then, to publish yet another book on the same subject, even one written by such a renowned expert as William Doyle. However, 'Napoleon at Peace' fits nicely into the tiny n......more

Goodreads review by Stephen

Napoleon is synonymous with war, perhaps history's most famed conqueror and master of armies, materiel, and men. William Doyle turns the narrative on Napoleon on its head with "Napoleon at Peace," demonstrating how Napoleon achieved political ends and leadership by solving three critical issues in R......more

Goodreads review by Chris

Learnt a lot I did not know about the transition from the France of the Revolutionary Years to what would be called Napoleonic France during his time as First Consul and Emperor. The extremes of Revolutionary France ended in the early 1800s as Napoleon's regime moved toward more internal stability.......more

Quotes

“William Doyle’s enlightening history immerses us in a crucial phase of Napoleon’s career and France’s past with originality and erudition.” Tim Blanning, Emeritus Professor of Modern European History, University of Cambridge