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History of Europe during the French Revolution

History of Europe during the French Revolution

History of Europe during the French Revolution

Volume 6:
Author:
Archibald Alison
Published:
February 2011
Volume:
6
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Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781108025423

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    Archibald 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 6 covers the period from 1807 to the beginning of the Peninsular War in 1808.

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    February 2011
    Paperback
    9781108025423
    876 pages
    216 × 140 × 50 mm
    1.1kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 44. Campaign of Eylau
    • 45. Domestic and foreign measures of Mr. Fox's administration
    • 46. Campaign of Friedland and Tilsit
    • 47. Continental system and imperial government of Napoleon
    • 48. Foreign transactions of Europe, from the peace of Tilsit to the opening of the Spanish war
    • 49. Proximate causes of the Peninsular war
    • 50. Campaign of 1808 in Spain and Portugal.
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    • Archibald Alison