The Aftermath of Napoleonic Wars: 20 Historical Novels
Twenty Historical Novels of Exile, Restoration, Intrigue, and Post-Waterloo EuropeBy Alexandre Dumas, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, L. Mühlbach, Eleanor C. Price, Émile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrian, Leo Tolstoy, Frederick Whishaw, Max Pemberton, Henry Seton Merriman, G. A. Henty, James Grant, Charles Downer Hazen, Warwick Deeping
Length389h 16m
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The Aftermath of Napoleonic Wars: 20 Historical Novels gathers a wide-ranging nineteenth- and early twentieth-century reimagining of Europe in the shadow of imperial conquest. Across romance, adventure narrative, political chronicle, military fiction, mystery-inflected storytelling, and psychological realism, these works trace the unsettled consequences of revolution, restoration, nationalism, and social change. Battlefield memory and courtly intrigue stand beside tales of exile, espionage, divided loyalties, and private lives reshaped by public catastrophe. The volume's breadth makes it an unusually rich literary record of how the Napoleonic age persisted in the historical imagination. Its contributors include major European novelists and prolific writers of popular historical fiction, whose national traditions bring French, British, German, Russian, and transnational perspectives into productive contact. Their collective work participates in the nineteenth century's cultivation of the historical novel, a form through which readers encountered the past as both adventure and political inquiry. Varied attitudes toward empire, monarchy, war, and national identity illuminate how Napoleonic history could be remembered as triumph, trauma, warning, or source of romance. Recommended for students, historians, and lovers of classic fiction, this anthology offers a valuable opportunity to compare narrative methods and ideological perspectives within one volume. Its twenty novels invite readers to examine the long cultural aftermath of war while appreciating the enduring power of historical storytelling.
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GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction
Length389 hrs 16 mins
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Publish dateDec 4, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Catherine De Medici (Annotated)
2The Aftermath of Napoleonic Wars: 20 Historical Novels
3Introduction:
4Napoleon (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 1)
5Napoleon (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 2)
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6Napoleon (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 3)
7Napoleon (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 4)
8The History of Napoleonic Wars (Charles Downer Hazen)
9The First Wars (The Era of Directory)
10The Consulate
11The Early Years of the Empire
12The Empire at Its Height
13The Decline and Fall of Napoleon
14Novels:
15The Whites and the Blues (Alexandre Dumas)
16PROLOGUE THE PRUSSIANS ON THE RHINE (pt. 1)
17PROLOGUE THE PRUSSIANS ON THE RHINE (pt. 2)
18PROLOGUE THE PRUSSIANS ON THE RHINE (pt. 3)
19PROLOGUE THE PRUSSIANS ON THE RHINE (pt. 4)
20THE THIRTEENTH VENDÉMIAIRE (pt. 1)
21THE THIRTEENTH VENDÉMIAIRE (pt. 2)
22THE THIRTEENTH VENDÉMIAIRE (pt. 3)
23THE EIGHTEENTH FRUCTIDOR (pt. 1)
24THE EIGHTEENTH FRUCTIDOR (pt. 2)
25THE EIGHTEENTH FRUCTIDOR (pt. 3)
26THE EIGHTH CRUSADE (pt. 1)
27THE EIGHTH CRUSADE (pt. 2)
28The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 1)
29The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 2)
30The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 3)
31The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 4)
32The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 5)
33The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 6)
34The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 7)
35The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 8)
36The Companions of Jehu (Alexandre Dumas) (pt. 9)
37Empress Josephine (L. Mühlbach)
38BOOK I. THE VISCOUNTESS BEAUHARNAIS. (pt. 1)
39BOOK I. THE VISCOUNTESS BEAUHARNAIS. (pt. 2)
40BOOK I. THE VISCOUNTESS BEAUHARNAIS. (pt. 3)
41BOOK II. THE WIFE OF GENERAL BONAPARTE. (pt. 1)
42BOOK II. THE WIFE OF GENERAL BONAPARTE. (pt. 2)
43BOOK II. THE WIFE OF GENERAL BONAPARTE. (pt. 3)
44BOOK III. THE EMPRESS AND THE DIVORCED. (pt. 1)
45BOOK III. THE EMPRESS AND THE DIVORCED. (pt. 2)
46BOOK III. THE EMPRESS AND THE DIVORCED. (pt. 3)
47Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia (L. Mühlbach)
48BOOK I. (pt. 1)
49BOOK I. (pt. 2)
50BOOK I. (pt. 3)
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