Napoleon [Two Volumes]

New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. Third printing. Hardcover octavos in red cloth boards. 2 volumes, x, 337 pages and viii, 414 pages; 22 cm. Tiny bump to bottom edge of front board of Volume 1. Volume 1 in glassine protective cover. Very mild chipping to top edge of glassine cover. Both books are fine. . Hardcover. ISBN: 0231025580

"Translation of the first three parts of Napoléon ... published in 1936 ... this translation is based on the fifth (1965) edition." Translated from the French by Henry F. Stockhold. Contents: [v.1] From 18 Brumaire to Tilsit, 1799-1897. -- [v.2] From Tilsit to Waterloo, 1807-1815. Translator's foreword -- Introduction -- Part one: The legacy of the Revolution. The conflict between the old regime and the Revolution -- The consequences of the war and the terms of the peace -- The coming of Napoleon Bonaparte -- Part two: The pacification of France and Europe (1799-1802). The organization of the dictatorship in France -- The pacification of Europe -- Bonaparte Consul for life -- Part three: Imperial conquest to the Treaty of Tilsit (1802-1807). France and England: the struggle renewed (1802-1805) -- Napoleon's army -- The formation of the Grand Empire (1805-1807). Abstract: At the time when Napoleon Bonaparte assumed control of France, Europe and the French Revolution had been at war for over seven years, and except for a brief interruption, this conflict was to last until 1815. The 18 Brumaire did not in itself mark the end of an epoch. It might be more logical to say that the period of peace which followed the Treaty of Amiens was the dividing point between two eras. True, when considering the internal history of France, one sees that the coup d'état of Brumaire opened the way for the restoration of personal power. In this respect, the contrast between the Napoleonic and Revolutionary periods is well defined, but their essential unity cannot be ignored. It was to the Revolution that Bonaparte owed his marvellous destiny. He was able to force himself upon republican France precisely because an internal necessity fated that country to dictatorship as long as the partisans of the Old Regime strove to re-establish the monarchy with the help of foreign powers. - Introduction. Rois et souverains -- Biographies. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.