History of Europe during the French Revolution
History of Europe during the French Revolution
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GBPArchibald Alison (1792–1867) was a Scottish historian with a particular interest in the French Revolution. He wrote from a deeply conservative standpoint and was a fierce opponent of the 1832 Reform Act. Although mocked by Disraeli in Coningsby as 'Mr Wordy', he wrote works which became bestsellers in the nineteenth century. This ten-volume History of Europe during the French Revolution, published between 1833 and 1842, regarded the French Revolution as the origin of all that was wrong with modern Europe. Alison feared that while Britain had escaped revolution in 1789, democratic reform could still lead to anarchy, as in the French July Revolution of 1830. Although criticised by Acton and J. S. Mill for his methodology, Alison has more recently been studied by scholars for insights into nineteenth-century historiography. Volume 7 covers British India under the Wellesleys, and the campaigns in Germany and the Peninsula to 1810.
Product details
February 2011Paperback
9781108025430
924 pages
216 × 140 × 52 mm
1.16kg
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Table of Contents
- 51. British empire in India prior to Lord Wellesley's administration
- 52. Administration of Marquis Wellesley, and first appearance of Wellington in India
- 53. Campaign of Abensberg, Landshut, and Eckmurl
- 54. Campaign of Aspern
- 55. War in Tyrol, Northern Germany, and Poland
- 56. Campaign of Wagram
- 57. Walcheren expedition, peace of Vienna, second war in Tyrol, dethronement of the Pope
- 58. Maritime war, and campaign of 1809 in Portugal and Spain
- 59. Campaign of Torres Vedras, and year 1810.
