The French Revolution-from the storming of the Bastille to the guillotining of the king the revolution's leaders Danton, Desmoulins, Robespierre, Saint-Just-all cut down by the reign of terror they inaugurated Napoleon's meteoric rise-from provincial Corsican military student to emperor and commander of the largest army in history Napoleon's fall-his army's destruction in the snows of Russia, his exile to Elba, his escape and reconquest of the throne, and his ultimate defeat at Waterloo by the combined forces of Europe the birth of Romanticism and the dawning of a new age of active democracy and a rising middle class, laying the foundation for a new era. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. The book begins with a bust: Durant rushes through the French Revolution, seeming bored by the whole affair, seeing the grand drama only as a disruptive prelude. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Age of Napoleon are 9781451647686, 1451647689.

In this masterful work, listeners will encounter From the Wikipedia page for The Story of Civilization1: The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an eleven-volume set. The age of Napoleon : a history of European civilization from 1789 to 1815 (His The story of civilization pt 11). The Age of Napoleon: The Story of Civilization, Volume XI is written by Will Durant Ariel Durant and published by Simon & Schuster. The Age of Napoleon, the eleventh and final volume of the Story of Civilization, surveys the amazing chain of events that wrenched Europe out of the Enlightenment and into the age of democracy. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the French Revolution-from the storming of the Bastille to the guillotining of the king the revolution's leaders Danton, Desmoulins, Robespierre, Saint-Just-all cut down by the reign of terror they inaugurated Napoleon's meteoric rise-from provincial Corsican military student to emperor and commander of the largest army in history Napoleon's fall-his army's destruction in the snows of Russia, his exile to Elba, his escape and reconquest of the throne, and his ultimate defeat at Waterloo by the combined forces of Europe the birth of Romanticism and the dawning of a new age of active democracy and a rising middle class, laying the foundation for a new era.An engrossing volume on European civilization by Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant The Age of Napoleon: A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815: Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant: (The Story of Civilization: Part XI) New York: Simon. An engrossing volume on European civilization by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Will and Ariel DurantThe Age of Napoleon, the eleventh and final volume of the Story of Civilization, surveys the amazing chain of events that wrenched Europe out of the Enlightenment and into the age of democracy. An engrossing volume on European civilization by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Will and Ariel DurantThe Age of Napoleon, the eleventh and final volume.

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