Napoleon: Conquest, Reform and Reorganisation

Probably no other single individual has had such a profound impact on the development of modern France and on that of nineteenth century Europe as Napoleon. Clive Emsley brings the subject up-to-date historiographically and provides an accessible introduction to the post revolutionary period in European history of 1799 to 1815. . Provides a succinct summary of Napoleon's career, the difficulties of assessing it, and the current debates surrounding it. Contains a wide selection of primary source material and there are few similar collections of such material on the Napoleonic period available in English Usefully divided into three distinct parts: his career, his impact on France, his impact on Europe.

Clive Emsley is Professor of History at the Open University.