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The French Revolt and Empire 1792-1815
www.wtj.com/articles/napsum1/
A War Times Journal summary of the Napoleonic empire, providing
a background to Napoleon's conquests throughout Europe.
The Napoleons and Empire
http://europeanhistory.about.com/
cs/thenapoleons/
A gateway site for information on the Napoleonic empire with essays
on the nature of power and politics at the time.
Essential Napoleon
www.napoleon.org/en/home.asp
A comprehensive site with fun stuff, quizzes and picture gallery.
Books
Enlightenment by Roy Porter (Penguin, 2001) £8.99
Porter gets to the roots of the modern world order by chronicling the
explosion of activity – industrial and political – before and
after the French Revolution.
Napoleon, France and Europe by Adrina Stiles (Hodder & Stoughton,
1993) £6.99
A student textbook exploring Napoleon's empire, including a selection
of source material, chronological tables, maps and summary flow-charts.
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