1815: The Roads to Waterloo - Softcover

Dallas, Gregor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712667857 ISBN 13: 9780712667852

Publisher: Pimlico, 2001

Synopsis

The 17 months from April 1814 to August 1815 were an extraordinary period in European history—a period that saw two sieges of Paris, a complete revision of Europe’s political frontiers, an international Congress set up in Vienna, civil war in Italy, and international war in Belgium. Gregor Dallas tells the story of these days through the perspective of three very different European cities: the great metropolis of London, post-revolutionary Paris, and baroque Vienna. The writing is almost cinematic in its power to evoke the Europe of Tolstoy—the ebb and flow of power, of armies, and of peoples across Europe’s northern plains.

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s tells the story of the extraordinary period from April 1814 to August 1815 through the perspectives of three very different European cities: the great metropolis of London, post-revolutionary Paris and baroque Vienna. His writing is almost cinematic in its power to evoke the Europe of Tolstoy; the ebb and flow of power, of armies and of peoples across Europe. We see Europe through the eyes and characters of its central players: Talleyrand, Metternich, Wellington, Tsar Alexander and Bonaparte.

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“A splendid tour de force in every sense... diplomatic history de luxe.” – Elizabeth Longford

About this edition

• Publisher: Pimlico
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0712667857
• ISBN 13: 9780712667852
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544