French Empires in Europe 1789-1814 - by Philip Mansel (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The French Émigrés in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Émigrés. Different specialist essays describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical importance in the politics, ideology and culture of their time. The French Émigrés were more than refugees, they were active, and often remarkably successful, agents on the European struggle against the French Revolution.

About the Author

KIRSTY CARPENTER is a Senior Lecturer in European History in the School of History, Philosophy and Politics at Massey University, New Zealand. Her first book Refugees of the French Revolution: Émigrés in London, 1792-1802 will appear in 1999. Her specialist interest focuses on the political literature of the French Revolution. She is currently working on Marie-Joseph Chénier, a member of the Convention and the Revolution's official poet.

PHILIP MANSEL is an historian of courts and royal dynasties and editor of The Court Historian, newsletter of the Society for Court Studies. He is the author of biographies on Louis XVIII and the Prince de Ligne and his other published works include Sultans in Splendour: The last years of the Ottoman World, and Constantinople: City of the World's Desire 1453-1924. He is currently working on a history of Paris from 1815-1848.