The French Revolution sent shockwaves through Europe, as the continent’s monarchs tried to stamp out the tide of republicanism. France was surrounded by enemies but fought them off, largely through the achievements of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Republic’s youngest general. Within a decade he had become Consul, First Consul, and finally Emperor, creating a new dynasty and a new order in Europe. From 1803 until 1809 he seemed unbeatable, vanquishing his foes one after another, but his invasion of Russia in 1812 proved disastrous and he faced a growing coalition of enemy powers. His defeat at the Battle of Waterloo marked the close of the Napoleonic era, but not the end of the Napoleonic legend. This book charts Napoleon’s rise and fall and analyses the weaponry and rival armies that were to transform 19th Century Europe.

ANGUS KONSTAM has written over a dozen books on piracy, shipwrecks, and exploration for the Atlas series. He has made a lifelong study of maritime history and archaeology, and the history of early European development. He is a museum professional with experience in both Britain and the United States, and holds degrees in history and archaeology.

Introduction
Chapter One -- A Whiff of Grapshot: The Young Bonaparte, 1789-95
The French Revolution
Enemies on All Sides
Citizen Soldiers
Taking Toulon
Paris -- A City Divided
Chapter Two -- General of the Republic: Italy, 1796-1798
The Army of Italy, 1796
Bonaparte’s First Campaign
The Austrian Army, 1796-1815
The Bridge at Lodi
Castiglione: On the Defensive
Arcola: Sidestep and Thrust
Rivoli: The Battle for Italy
Chapter Three -- The New Alexander: Egypt, 1798-1800
Nelson and the British Navy
Battle of the Pyramids
Battle of the Nile
Death and Failure at Acre
Bonaparte as First Consul
Battle of Marengo
Chapter Four -- War of the Three Emperors: The Austerlitz Campaign, 1805
The Emperor Napoleon
The Grand Armée
Invasion of England
Expecting Every Man to Do His Duty
The Strategic Situation in 1805
Maneuver at Ulm
Battle of Austerlitz
Chapter Five -- Master of Europe: The Campaigns of 1806-7
The Prussian Army
Campaigning in Prussia
Jena-Auerstadt
The Winter Campaign
Battle of Eylau
Battle of Friedland
The Treaty of Tilset
The Code of Napoleon
The Changing Face of Warfare
Chapter Six -- Crisis on the Danube: The Wargram Campaign of 1809
Campaigning on the Danube
The Drive on Vienna
Aspern-Essling
Battle of Deutsch-Wargram
Affairs at Home
Chapter Seven -- The Spanish Uleer: War in the Peninsula, 1807-14
Spain in 1807
The French Invasion
Britain’s Iron Duke
The British Army
Roliça to Talavera
Defending Portugal
The Guerrilla War
Salamanca to Vitoria
Over the Pyrenees
Chapter Eight -- Disaster in the Snow: The Russian Campaign, 1812
Invasion of Russia
The Russian Army
The Battle of Borodino
Napoleon in Moscow
The Retreat from Moscow
Over the Berezina
Chapter Nine -- Napoleon at Bay: The Campaigns of National Liberation, 1813-14
Notions of National Unity
Battles of Lützen and Bautzen
Armistice
Battle for Dresden
Routed at Leipzig
On the Brink of Disaster
The 1814 Campaign
A Gamble Outside Paris
Abdication of an Emperor
Chapter Ten -- The Eagle and the Lion: The War of 1812
American War in Canada
The War at Sea
Sacking Washington and Baltimore
Battle of New Orleans
Chapter Eleven -- One Hundred Days: The Waterloo Campaign, 1815
Return from Elba
The Struggle Renewed
Skirmish at Quatre Bras
Battle of Ligny and Wavre
Waterloo
End of the Napoleonic Era
Chapter Twelve -- Aftermath: The Napoleonic Legacy
Exile to St. Helena
The Congress of Vienna
The Death of Napoleon
French Napoleonic Heritage
Appendix 1 -- Napoleon’s Art of War
Appendix 2 -- The Rating System of Ships-of-War
Appendix 3 -- The Marshals of France
Index