The Allies had made war on Napoleon as a tyrant and an oppressor of nations; yet once they had got him out… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
The Allies had made war on Napoleon as a tyrant and an oppressor of nations; yet once they had him out of… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“The war against Napoleon was won not by England but by Russia, Austria, and Prussia; but England won the last battle and… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“Greatness has its beauties, but only in retrospect and in the imagination": thus wrote General Bonaparte to General Moreau in 1800. His observation helps… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Napoleon, who had an aversion to the moral laxity of the eighteenth century, which he blamed on the domination of society by women, was… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
The Allies had made war on Napoleon as a tyrant and an oppressor of nations; yet once they had got him out of the… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“Just as Napoleon was the sole authority in the state, so the husband and father was to exercise authority over his family. Unfortunately the… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
His [Pitt's] successor as prime minister was Mr. Addington, who was a friend of Mr. Pitt, just as Mr. Pitt was a friend of… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
There is, of course, nothing wrong in a program that aims to please everybody, except that as a rule it is a prelude to… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
The Allies had made war on Napoleon as a tyrant and an oppressor of nations; yet once they had him out of the way,… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“The right-wing Tories and the conservative Whigs fought Napoleon as the Usurper and the Enemy of the Established Order; the liberal Tories and the… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“Historians are lenient to those who succeed and stern to those who fail; in this, and this alone, they display strong political sense.” — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“The English soldier was probably the worst-treated soldier in Europe, and judging from the English casualty rates during the Napoleonic wars, English generals were… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
![“The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among the English that if liberty, equality, and justice were ever to come to their shores, it certainly was not Napoleon who would bring them there.” quote by J. Christopher Herold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dfc/j-christopher-herold-30177_freedom_the-popular-image-in-england-of-bonapart_1033829.jpg)
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