Napoleon: From 18 Brumaire to Tilsit, 1799-1807; Napoleon: From Tilsit to Waterloo, 1807-1815 (Two Volume Set)

Two volume set. "...the first of two volumes, describes and relates the political and intellectual currents of the era dominated by Napoleon. Dealing with the period between 18 Brumaire, when Napoleon seized power, and 1807, when the Treaty of Tilsit was signed, the work provides a detailed perspective of the life, politics, and strategy of Napoleonic France."--from jacket of Volume 1. "The first section opens with a discussion of the Continental System between 1807 and 1809. Lefebvre then treats the War of 1809, England's success at sea, the Continental blockade, and the preliminaries of the Russian Campaign. In the second section the political and economic situation of the Continent in 1812 is surveyed, and the author appraises the extent of Napoleon's achievements in Europe and throughout the world. The concluding section of the volume traces Napoleon's fall from the Russian Campaign to the Hundred Days."--from jacket of Volume 2.