After Adam Zamoyski's grandiose bestseller 1812: Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, the sequel now follows: 1815 - Napoleon's Fall and the Congress of Vienna. The defeated Napoleon arrives incognito at the Tuileries at night on 18 December 1812 and immediately takes up the struggle to regain his faltering power base in Paris. But the tide has turned. From now on he is the hunted. Two years later, the powerful in Vienna draw new boundary lines across the map of Europe. They had already made their claims before, when the empire of the French emperor began to show the first cracks. Now, at the Congress of Vienna, everything comes into play. Rarely in history has there been so much manoeuvring and intrigue, so much greed, bribery, sex and blackmail in one place at the same time.
Zamoyski unfolds a brilliant historical panorama based on documents, letters, diaries, police reports in six languages, offering captivating analyses of politics as well as intimate insights into the frivolous life behind the courtly scenes.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Zamoyski, A.
Title
1815 - Napoleons Sturz und der Wiener Kongress
Details
With 47 illustrations and 28 maps. 704 pages.
State
new
Verlag C. H. Beck oHG Wilhelmstr. 9 80801 München Deutschland
