What did Napoleon Bonaparte mean to the British people? This engaging book reconstructs the role that the French leader played in the British political, cultural, and religious imagination in the early nineteenth century. Denounced by many as a tyrant or monster, Napoleon nevertheless had sympathizers in Britain. Stuart Semmel explores the ways in which the British used Napoleon to think about their own history, identity, and destiny. Many attacked Napoleon but worried that the British national character might not be adequate to the task of defeating him. Others, radicals and reformers, used Napoleon's example to criticize the British constitution. Semmel mines a wide array of sources?ranging from political pamphlets and astrological almanacs to sonnets by canonical Romantic poets?to reveal surprising corners of late Hanoverian politics and culture.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300090017
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92026530
Product Key Features
Author
Stuart Semmel
Publication Name
Napoleon and the British
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
238mm
Item Width
164mm
Item Weight
814g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Stuart Semmel
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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