The wars of Napoleon are among the best-known and most exciting episodes in world history. Less well known is the uproar the armies stirred up in their path and the chaos they left in their wake. In studying these varying fortunes, Michael Broers provides an insight into a lost world of peasant life, which Napoleon did so much to sweep away.

The wars of Napoleon are among the best-known and most exciting episodes in world history. Less well known is the uproar the armies stirred up in their path and the chaos they left in their wake. In studying these varying fortunes, Michael Broers provides an insight into a lost world of peasant life, which Napoleon did so much to sweep away.

The wars of Napoleon are among the best-known and most exciting episodes in world history. Less well known is the uproar the armies stirred up in their path and the chaos they left in their wake. In studying these varying fortunes, Michael Broers provides an insight into a lost world of peasant life, which Napoleon did so much to sweep away.