Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815 Tapa dura - 2013

London: Allen Lane, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise, tiny nick at the spine edge- with the appropriate repair to the jacket reverse. Clean internally, no inscriptions. Pages; 38, 677, (1). A broader view of the Napoleonic wars, encompassing all those it involved- from gunsmiths to cannon builders.

Allen Lane, 2013. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Scarcely used.

Allen Lane, 2013. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st printing 2013 indicated by '1' on the publisher's page to the reverse of the title page. Firmly bound and carefully read although there are some minor marks to the black hardcover. No inscription or ownership markings. No torn, loose or missing pages. The unclipped jacket is in excellent clean condition. .

Allen Lane, 2013. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 160mm x 240mm. Minimal wear to jacket. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 720pp Britain Against Napoleon is the first book to explain how the British state successfully organised itself to overcome Napoleon - and how very close it came to defeatFor more than twenty years after 1793, the French army was supreme in continental Europe. How was it that despite multiple changes of government and the assassination of a Prime Minister, Britain survived and eventually won a generation-long war against a regime which at its peak in 1807 commanded many times the resources and manpower?This book looks beyond the familiar exploits (and bravery) of the army and navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It shows the degree to which, because of the magnitude and intensity of hostilities, the capacities of the whole British population were involved: industrialists, farmers, shipbuilders, gunsmiths and gunpowder manufacturers. The… Leer más

London : Allen Lane, 2013. 2nd impression. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; xxxviii, 678 p., [24] p. of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm. Subjects; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Participation, British. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805. Great Britain History 1789-1820. Great Britain Politics and government 1789-1820.