THE FALL OF NAPOLEON

Book ID/图书代码： 02630514B69121

English Summary/英文概要： The Fall of Napoleon tells the story of the dramatic two years that led to Napoleon’s abdication in April 1814. Though crucial to European history, they remain oddly neglected, lying between the two much better-known landmarks of the retreat from Moscow and the battle of Waterloo. Yet this short period saw both Napoleon’s loss of his European empire and of his control over France. In 1813 the massive battle of Leipzig – the bloodiest in modern history before the first day of the Somme – forced his armies back to the Rhine. The next year, after a brilliant campaign against overwhelming odds, Napoleon lost both Paris and his crown, and was exiled to Elba. Once forced from his throne, he proved unable to regain it, despite his attempt to do so the following year in the Hundred Days, a doomed adventure whose defeat at Waterloo was predictable.

The most fascinating – and least-known – aspect of these years is that at several key points Napoleon’s enemies offered him peace terms that would have allowed him to keep his throne, if not his empire. These were inspired by the brilliant and devious Austrian foreign minister Metternich, who championed a negotiated peace with Napoleon almost to the end, but whose policy during these years remains controversial. This book sheds important new light on Napoleon, Metternich, and many other figures and events of this dramatic period, drawing on previously unused archives in France, Austria and the Czech Republic. Through these it seeks to answer the most important question of all – why, instead of accepting a compromise, did Napoleon choose to gamble on total victory at the risk of utter defeat.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《拿破仑的倒台》讲述了拿破仑于1814年4月退位前两年间发生的历史事件以及导致其退位的原因。虽然这段时期对欧洲历史非常重要，短短的两年内，拿破仑失去了自己的皇位和对法国的统治，但比起莫斯科撤退和滑铁卢战争，这段历史却一直被世人忽略。1813年莱比锡大战，这场近代历史上最为血腥的战争使得拿破仑败返莱茵河西岸。1814年，拿破仑指挥军队大败普鲁士军队，但是他在战略上错误地将进攻力量兵分两路，导致联军通往巴黎的路畅通无阻，巴黎最终被占领，拿破仑也宣布无条件投降，被流放至厄尔巴岛。拿破仑于1815年逃出小岛，回到巴黎，开启了百日王朝，但滑铁卢战役惨败很快便终结了这个王朝。而这段历史中最吸引人却也鲜为人知的是反法同盟军曾几次向拿破仑开出停战条件，并保留其皇帝称号。反法同盟军是受到了奥地利外交大臣梅特涅的启发，他曾与拿破仑达成了停战协议，但如今这些政策看起来又是颇具争议的了。《拿破仑的倒台》为读者清晰讲解了拿破仑倒台前两年间的历史，他与梅特涅之间的历史，以及这段时期中其他重要的历史人物和事件。了解了这些事件，读者就能明白，拿破仑为什么要冒着满盘皆输的风险也要赌一赌最终的胜利。(XAT)

Awards/获奖情况：“蒙罗•普利斯对拿破仑的衰败和退位的历史描述非常原创，也非常有信服力。非常吸引人，非常出色。”——T.C.W.布莱尼

“Munro Price has written the history of the decline and fall of Napoleon in a highly original and wholly convincing manner. It is an enthralling story, brilliantly told.” – T.C.W. Blanning

About the Author/作者介绍： 蒙罗•普利斯是布拉德福德大学现代欧洲史教授，主要研究现代法国史和欧洲史，尤其对法国革命颇有研究。他的作品《法国君主的陨落：路易十六，玛丽•安托瓦内特和布里德耶男爵》（麦克米伦出版社）评价良好，赢得了2002年法英社文学奖。2007年，他的作品《危机四伏的王权：革命中的法国》（麦克米伦出版社）在英法两国都广受好评。蒙罗还有讲述法国革命前法国政治的作品。蒙罗的作品还刊登在《星期天日报》、《星期日电邮报》、《今日历史》和《英国广播公司历史杂志》中。他还曾做客电台4和其他法国电台节目，以及英国广播公司的《名声》系列等电视节目。

Professor of Modern European History at Bradford University, Munro’s main field is modern French and European history, focusing on the French Revolution. His book The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the Baron de Breteuil (Macmillan) was widely and favourably reviewed, winning the 2002 Franco-British Society Literary Prize. This was followed in 2007 by The Perilous Crown: France between Revolutions (Macmillan), which received excellent reviews in the UK and in France. Munro is the author of other books dealing with French politics in the decades just before the Revolution. In other areas, Munro is a regular reviewer for The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, History Today and BBC History Magazine. He has also appeared on Radio 4 and on French radio programmes, and on television on BBC2’s Reputations series.

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