Gregor Dallas tells the story of the extraordinary period from April 1814 to August 1815 through the perspectives of three very different European cities: the great metropolis of London, post-revolutionary Paris and baroque Vienna. His writing is almost cinematic in its power to evoke the Europe of Tolstoy; the ebb and flow of power, of armies and of peoples across Europe. We see Europe through the eyes and characters of its central players: Talleyrand, Metternich, Wellington, Tsar Alexander and Bonaparte.
Gregor Dallas is interested in peasants as well as presidents and kings. He is the author of The Imperfect Peasant Economy: The Loire Country, 1800-1914; At the Heart of A Tiger: Clemenceau and His World 1841-1929 and 1918: War and Peace.
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