The Fall of Napoleon: Volume 1, The Allied Invasion of France, 1813–1814

This book provides the first complete English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.

Michael V. Leggiere (Author)

9780521875424, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 November 2007

706 pages
23.2 x 16.2 x 4.3 cm, 1.08 kg

'In writing this book, Michael Leggiere not only updates the standard French and German military accounts written a century ago … but also builds on more recent diplomatic and political studies, for instance those by Henry Kissinger and Paul Schroeder. The text is detailed, but clearly written, and is supported by twenty-five excellent maps, and by fifteen portraits of military and political leaders.' Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research

This book tells the story of the invasion of France at the twilight of Napoleon's empire. With more than a million men under arms throughout central Europe, Coalition forces poured over the Rhine River to invade France between late November 1813 and early January 1814. Three principal army groups drove across the great German landmark, smashing the exhausted French forces that attempted to defend the eastern frontier. In less than a month, French forces ingloriously retreated from the Rhine to the Marne; Allied forces were within one week of reaching Paris. This book provides the first complete English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.

1. The new Charlemagne
2. Barbarians at the gate
3. The Frankfurt proposals
4. Napoleon and the French
5. The left bank
6. The right bank
7. The lower Rhine
8. The upper Rhine
9. The middle Rhine
10. Alsace and Franche-Comté
11. The Vosges and the Saône
12. Lorraine
13. The Saar and the Moselle
14. Belgium
15. The Marne
16. The Aube, Bourgogne, and the Rhône
17. The protocols of Langres.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], European history [HBJD]