History of Europe during the French Revolution

This bestselling history, published between 1833 and 1842, interpreted the French Revolution as a warning about the dangers of democracy.

Archibald Alison (Author)

9781108025409, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 January 2011

816 pages
21.6 x 14 x 4.5 cm, 1.02 kg

Archibald Alison (1792–1867) was a Scottish historian with a particular interest in the French Revolution. He wrote from a deeply conservative standpoint and was a fierce opponent of the 1832 Reform Act. Although mocked by Disraeli in Coningsby as 'Mr Wordy', he wrote works which became bestsellers in the nineteenth century. This ten-volume History of Europe during the French Revolution, published between 1833 and 1842, regarded the French Revolution as the origin of all that was wrong with modern Europe. Alison feared that while Britain had escaped revolution in 1789, democratic reform could still lead to anarchy, as in the French July Revolution of 1830. Although criticised by Acton and J. S. Mill for his methodology, Alison has more recently been studied by scholars for insights into nineteenth-century historiography. Volume 4 covers the period of the Consulate from 1799 until Napoleon's coronation as Emperor in December 1804.

27. From the renewal of the war to the battle of the Trebbia
28. From the battle of the Trebbia to the conclusion of the campaign
29. From the accession of Napoleon to the opening of the campaign of Marengo
30. Campaign of Marengo
31. Campaign of Hohenlinden
32. From the peace of Luneville to the dissolution of the northern maritime confederacy
33. Expedition to Egypt - conclusion of the war
34. Reconstruction of society in France by Napoleon
35. Napoleon's assumption of the imperial crown.yeah

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]