As Alan Palmer himself writes in his preface, 'Alexander 1, ruler of Russia for the first quarter of the nineteenth century, is remembered today mainly on three counts: as the Tsar who refused to make peace with the French when Moscow fell in 1812; as the idealist who sought to bind Europe's sovereigns in a Holy Alliance in 1815; and, as the Emperor who died - or gave the impression of having died - at the remote southern seaport of Taganrog in the winter of 1825. Recent interest has concentrated, perhaps excessively, on the third of these dramatic episodes although it is natural that the epic years of the struggle with Napoleon should continue to excite the historical imagination'. He has been dubbed 'The Enigmatic Tsar'. There are many contrasting opinions of him. Thomas Jefferson declared 'A more virtuous man, I believe, does no exist, nor one who is more enthusiastically devoted to better the condition of mankind'. Castlereagh thought well of him, too, but both Metternich and Napoleon considered him inconsistent and untrustworthy. And Pushkin famously described him as 'a Sphinx who carried his riddle with him to the tomb'. An assessment even more piquant if it is true, as some maintain, his tomb in empty. With his customary blend of meticulous scholarship and agreeable writing, Alan Palmer provides the most balanced and engaging portrait imaginable. 'A pleasure to read and unlikely to be replaced for many years' - Philip Ziegler, "The Times". 'Excellent...a major biographical achievement, a notable contribution to our understanding of this still enigmatic monarch' - Robert Blake, "Spectator".

Alexander I: Tsar of war and peace

History

Alan Warwick Palmer

Russia

Harper&Row

Napoleon and Marie Louise

Biographies & Memoirs

Constable

The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean War

Americas

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The Gardeners of Salonika: The Macedonian Campaign, 1915-1918

Faber&Faber

A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing. Minimal pencil underlining of text. No highlighting of text. No writing in margins. No missing pages.

Bismarck

SCRIBNER'S.

The Pimlico Chronology of British History

Isaiah Berlin

Veronica Palmer

Europe

Pimlico

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. a very good, clean and sound soft-cover copy. Alan Palmer. ix, 306 p., ill., maps

The decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire

Middle East

John Murray Publishers, Ltd.

This brilliantly researched and vividly narrated biography of Napoleon and his second, less famous wife fills a gap long overlooked in European history, as it examines the diplomatic and military dynamics that led to the marriage of France's most celebrated general and emperor to a political adolescent.It begins in December 1791. The twenty-two-year-old Captain Napoleon Buonaparte is embroiled in political intrigue on Corsica. His wife, Josephine de Beauharnais, has recently returned to Paris from Martinique. Marie Antoinette is still the nominal queen of France, and in Vienna, on the twelfth of that month, her grand niece Marie-Louise is born. Two decades later -- after years of dissension that wrote the battles of Marengo, Austerlitz, and Wagram into French and Austrian history -- Marie-Louise has become Napoleon's second wife, and their destiny is wed to that of two of Europe's most powerful empires.Not only following General Buonaparte to his wifeless exile and death in 1821, this vibrant volume also illuminates the frustrated but genuine romance that thrust the nineteen-year-old Marie-Louise onto the stage of international

Historical

Carroll & Graf Pub.

Some Shropshire Gardens Revisited

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Barbara Palmer

Gardening & Landscape Design

Logaston Press

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