History of Europe during the French Revolution
History of Europe during the French Revolution
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USDArchibald 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 8 covers the Peninsular War and Napoleon's invasion of and retreat from Russia in 1812.
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January 2011Paperback
9781108025447
910 pages
216 × 140 × 51 mm
1.1kg
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Table of Contents
- 60. Domestic history of Great Britain from 1809 to 1812
- 61. Proceedings of the Cortes, war in Spain, January 1810–February 1812
- 62. Campaign of Wellington on the Portuguese frontier, 1811
- 63. First invasion of Spain by Wellington - January to November 1812
- 64. Sketch of the Turkish empire, war between the Ottomans and Russians, from 1808 to 1812
- 65. Elevation of Bernadotte to the throne of Sweden, and causes which led to the war between France and Russia in 1812
- 66. Advance of Napoleon to Moscow, June–October 1812
- 67. Retreat from Moscow
- Appendix.
