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The Emperor's Last Campaign : A Napoleonic Empire in America /
"Napoleon's last campaign didn't end at Waterloo. After that fateful day on June 1815, hundreds if not thousands of veterans of Napoleon's army emigrated to America. Many went farther south and joined the rebels fighting for independence in the Spanish colonies, from Mexico to Bu...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Español |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. 1815
- After Waterloo
- Ah, la perfide Albion!
- The revenge of the Bourbons
- America: Bonapartist haven
- Prometheus chained
- pt. 2. 1816
- Wilson enters the scene
- Dreaming of new empires
- A Bonapartist court in Philadelphia
- Napoleon loses his patience
- The last campaign begins
- United in a common cause
- Lowe's nightmare begins
- pt. 3. 1817
- Hope rises at Longwood
- Napoleon's message delivered
- Brayer arrives in Buenos Aires
- The guard regroups
- All ready for action
- Keeping the world awake
- A traitor in their midst
- The Bourbons strike back
- Latapie lands in Brazil
- The shadow of Aaron Burr
- Napoleon changes strategy
- pt. 4. 1818
- Between Florida and Texas
- The London connection
- In His Majesty's service
- - A mystery to be unraveled
- Gourgaud leaves St. Helena
- Get rid of Brayer!
- Farewell to England
- Lallemand charges again
- A Bourbon king in Buenos Aires?
- Breakthrough at Jamestown
- The Mosquito affair
- pt. 5. 1819
- Neutralizing Lallemand
- England sides with Spain
- Rendezvous at Portobello
- Another messenger leaves St. Helena
- A revolution in England?
- Cochrane alone
- Toujours la France
- pt. 6. 1820
- Napoleon's shadow cast over Europe
- Cochrane the liberator
- Blood flows at Longwood
- The revolutionary virus spreads
- A throne awaits Napoleon
- From Buenos Aires to St. Helena
- Epilogue : Prometheus unbound.