Historical Maps of the Napoleonic Wars FROM THE PUBLISHER
The revolutions of the late eighteenth century in North America and then France had a profound effect on world politics at the time -- and the echoes still reverberate today. The independence sought by Britain's North American colonies was primarily financial and the republic that arose was not dominated by a single man but by a constitution that gave every citizen freedom. In France things couldn't have been more different. The French Revolution was aimed at the ruling classes and, after the bloodshed of the Terror and the Revolutionary wars, the Bourbon monarchy was replaced by one of the most charismatic figures in history -- Napoleon Bonaparte, who concentrated power into his and his family's hands to create a European empire.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
A wonderful collection of over 100 maps from the public record office at Kew, England, are reproduced here in full color, presenting not only a history of military map making but a topographical chronology of the movements of European armies throughout the Napoleonic Wars. The long introduction is a narrative history of the conflict in which Forty adequately covers all theaters of war (including the Caribbean and Egypt) and some of the dominant personalities from the belligerent nations. The captioned illustrations begin with the Bastille in 1798 and end with a contemporary diagram of the facilities on St. Helena in 1819; several nautical drawings depict ship movements at battles such as the Glorious First of June and Trafalgar. Space limitations make some of the larger maps difficult to read (a magnifying glass can solve this), but this does not really detract from the presentation. Recommended for libraries with Napoleonic collections.-David Lee Poremba, Detroit P.L. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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