Argues that disease, rather than society, was responsible, in large part, for the pessimistic outlooks of nineteenth-century French authors Baudelaire, Flaubert, Maupassant, Daudet, and Goncourt

The Horror of Life

Literature & Fiction

Williams, Roger Lawrence

Genre Fiction

University of Chicago Press

Manners and murders in the world of Louis-Napoleon

University of Washington Press

The French Revolution of 1870-1871 (Revolutions in the modern world)

History

Europe

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

A Short History of Europe Since Napoleon

A short history of Europe since Napoleon

wiley

John Wiley&Sons

Commune of Paris, 1871 (Major Issues in History)

Williams, Roger L.

A reappraisal of Napoleon the man. Roger Williams' biographical study shows how medical evidence can be used as historical data to refine our view of the past. For an accurate picture, he examines the medical evidence of the case, the emperor's psychological make-up, and the external pressures on him: the Crimean and Franco-Prussian wars, government reforms, the competence of his advisers, the political finagling of the empress, the assumptions and reactions of foreign governments.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Mortal Napoleon III (Princeton Legacy Library)

Biographies & Memoirs

Princeton University Press

Historical

A reappraisal of Napoleon the man. Roger Williams' biographical study shows how medical evidence can be used as historical data to refine our view of the past. For an accurate picture, he examines the medical evidence of the case, the emperor's psychological make-up, and the external pressures on him: the Crimean and Franco-Prussian wars, government reforms, the competence of his advisers, the political finagling of the empress, the assumptions and reactions of foreign governments.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Gaslight and Shadow: The World of Napoleon III, 1851-1870

Praeger

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