This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...the royal house of Spain seemed like a warning to that of Austria. But the year that followed Tilsit offered her a chance, which she grasped as a last chance. Spain, which formerly had given Napoleon help, now swallowed up 300,000 of his troops, so that in the autumn of 1808 he had been obliged to withdraw from Prussia ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...the royal house of Spain seemed like a warning to that of Austria. But the year that followed Tilsit offered her a chance, which she grasped as a last chance. Spain, which formerly had given Napoleon help, now swallowed up 300,000 of his troops, so that in the autumn of 1808 he had been obliged to withdraw from Prussia the large army which he had kept for more than a year quartered on that unhappy country. Napoleon could spare henceforth only half his force, and there was now no doubt that Prussia would be as hostile to him as she dared. True, the army of Frederick had ceased to exist, but the country was full of soldiers who had belonged to it, full of skilled officers, and Spain had filled all minds with the thought of popular war. Stein and Scharnhorst had been preparing a levte en masse in Prussia and an insurrection in the new kingdom of Westphalia. Moreover, the Austrian statesmen thought they saw an opposition to Napoleon rising at home under the leadership of Talleyrand, and they thought also that the Spanish affair had alienated Alexander. It was reported that Talleyrand had said to Alexander at Erfurt, 'Sire, you are civilised and your nation is not; we are civilised and our Sovereign is not; you therefore are our natural ally.' Such considerations and illusions caused the war of 1809, which may be called the First German War of Liberation, under the leadership of Austria. It was welcomed by Napoleon, who wanted new victories to retrieve his position. His superiority, though on the wane, was still enormous. Through the Confederation of the Rhine he had now a great German army at his disposal, which he placed under French generals. His frontier was most formidably advanced through the possession of Tyrol and Venetia. Russia was on his side, and, th...
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Used-Acceptable. Fair hardback in maroon cloth. Colour loss to maroon cloth all over and faded a bit on spine, with two small bleached stains near rear joint. Gilt eagle on front board; gilt lettering on spine. Spine head & foot bumped. Lacks front free endpaper, with what looks like portion of another book's cover cut out and adhered to front pastedown: gilt image and text on red cloth. Pages a bit toned but generally clean, with a few spots of scattered foxing and foxed fore-edge. Binding tight.
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Fair. Roberts Brothers 1888 hardcover, lightly bumped corners and chipped spine head on lightly rubbed green cloth, bright gilt medalion on front panel gilt titles on spine, dust jacket missing, tight binding, tissue guard on frontis, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.
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Fourth thousand. Covers and backstrip are worn and marked. Loose binding in parts. Clean, uncut pages. Some pages are loose. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library. With usual stamps and markings. in poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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Maroon cloth stamped in gilt; frontis portrait engraving of Napoleon from an 1802 painting by Boilly. 336 pps. with index, plus publisher's catalogue at rear. Very good.
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