Meet the Little General From his beginnings as a Corsican soldier, through his rise to power as the Emperor of France, t. English Pages [] Year Napoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage, between and In , Napoleon was suddenly at war. The age of Napoleon transformed Europe, laying the foundations for the modern world. Now Alistair Horne, one of the grea. The era of the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon has been one of the favourite topics for historians, writers o.
What was it like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield? What happened when cavalry regiments charged directly at o. One such man was Napoleon Bonaparte, and his ambition shaped the face of a continent. From humble beginnings in Corsica to ignominious defeat in Russia and at Waterloo, Napoleon was the sun around which Europe revolved. The book focuses on 18th and 19thcentury Europe, including the beginning of the end of colonialism. GURPS players will find a wealth of roleplaying information about commoners, soldiers, nobles, spies, privateers.
Filled with the superb research which roleplayers expect from a GURPS historical supplement, Age of Napoleon breathes life into bloody battlefields. There's no limit to the possibilities The American War of Independence, then known as the First American War, established a new form of government, and began the liberation of the New World from the control of the Old World.
The later Second American War, now misnamed as the War of , signaled the dawn of the United States' own imperial ambitions. The French Revolution saw the bourgeoisie challenge the power and privileges of the aristocracy and the monarchy and overthrow both. For over a century, rebels and revolutionaries in Europe and beyond would draw inspiration for their own struggles from the French experience. The Revolution also gave a young Napoleon Bonaparte the opportunity to distinguish himself in battle, defend the French Republic, and eventually become its dictator.
Soldier and statesman, Napoleon's dreams of empires in Europe, in India and in the Americas engulfed the entire world in war. In the crucible of conquest and rebellion, the peoples of Europe gained and renewed their national identities. Elsewhere the boundaries of the colonial empires shifted with every battle by land and sea. The History chapter describes the major events of the era. Nations outlines the geography and general politics of the European nations and their overseas colonies.
