Napoleon Recaptures Paris
March 20, 1815
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2025
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-032-99631-8 (ISBN)
Description
Paris, March 19, 1815; midnight. A line of heavy carriages draws up in the courtyard of the Tuilleries, while a crowd of despairing royalists watch the departure of Louis XVIII. Within 24 hours, amid indescribable enthusiasm, Napoleon was taken from his carriage and borne in triumph to his study. The vanquished man of Fontainebleau, the exile of Elba, had recaptured Paris at the head of the troops whom the King had sent to fight him. 'Have you ever seen a man reconquer his throne merely by showing his hat? It's the greatest of God's miracles', said Balzac's grenadier. But how was this Revolution of March 20 achieved, and why? -a revolution which, but for Waterloo, might have given a new start to the European revolution? Hour by hour, in the Emperor's army and at the Royal palace, on Napolean's road and in the streets, we can through the pages of Napoleon Recaptures Paris (first published in English in 1968) relive and understand every moment of one of the strangest days in history and of the week that led up to it.
Claude Manceron spent many years researching the documentation of the 100 days, and here produced a valuable book. It is a must read for students and researchers of French history. The book will also appeal to general readers.
Claude Manceron spent many years researching the documentation of the 100 days, and here produced a valuable book. It is a must read for students and researchers of French history. The book will also appeal to general readers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-99631-8 (9781032996318)
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Claude Manceron was a French historian.
Content
March 14th 1. Not quite a spring ... 2. We've all done some foolish things (Macon) 3. Measures have been taken between Lyons and Paris (Paris) 4. We are on the eve of a great revolution (Lons-le-Saunier) 5. The desolation of the proprietors (from Saint-Brieuc to Autun) 6. Rejected by all mankind (Vienna) 7. As in 1790 (Lons-le-Saunier) 8. A bas les rats! (Macon) 9. The Bourbon cause is lost for ever (Lons-le-Saunier) 10. You really are the son of Alexander Dumas? (Villers-Cotterets) 11. All I see there is a rabble (Chalon) 12. Monsieur le Marechal, you are lost ! (Lons-le-Saunier) March 15th 13. To our last breath (Clamecy) 14. A puff from the people, without any effort (Chalon) 15. If one must despair of France (Autun) 16. Dialogue among the shades (Paris) 17. I am expecting a great deal of Marshal Ney (Paris) 18. We are only stopping for refreshment (Autun) 19. Monseigneur, save the King! I'll take care of the Monarchy (Paris) March 16th 20. A surprise for the surpriser (Paris) 21. The provinces loyal to the King (from Toulouse to Caen) 22. The arrest of General Ameil (Auxerre) 23. Nothing nobler has come from the pen of a king (Paris) 24. The fifty miles through the Morvan (Autun) 25. This event which our descendants will scarcely credit (Auxerre) 26. I have sung my way here (Avallon) 27. Just like a dream (Paris) March 17th 28. Gamot behaved like a spaniel (Auxerre) 29. The grand departure of the royal army (Paris) 30. Worthy heir to Charlemagne's throne (Auxerre) 31. When the house is on fire (Paris) 32. I had only to knock on the door with my snuff-box (Auxerre) 33. Must Blacas be strangled? (Paris) March 18th 34. But I can't count on them (Auxerre) 35. Reveille for the Guard (Chaumont) 36. You can take off your boots (Paris) 37. At last, everything is going splendidly (Naples) 38. Delirium was in every head (Auxerre) 39. Load twenty-five millions into ammunition wagons (Paris) 40. It is Attila, it is Genghis Khan! (Paris) THE FORTY HOURS OF MARCH 20th From March 18th, midnight, to March 20th, 9.0 p.m.