The period of upheaval that started with the French Revolution and ended at Waterloo cries out to be treated as a single phenomenon. From the moment of the storming of the Bastille to the final breaking of the French lines at Waterloo the continent of Europe and to some extent the rest of the World, was in perpetual conflict for 26 years. When the fighting was over the course of history had changed forever.
Read more at the blog's new site http://historybooksreview.co.uk/how-the-french-revolution-changed-the-world-war-of-wars-by-robert-harvey/
Labels: French Revolution, Napoleon, Robert Hardy, War of Wars
