The author draws together abundant material to be found in archives, libraries, essays, and articles, and presents the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom as a coherent whole. He places it in its European setting, shows how it made considerable sense as an integral part of the Allied strategy in the war against Revolutionary France, and relates it to British strategy in the Mediterranean over more than a century.

The Ungovernable Rock: A History of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom and Its Role in Britain's Mediterranean Strategy During the Revolutionary War, 1793-9 (Apple- Zimmerman Series in Early Modern)

History

Gregory, Desmond

Europe

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

This book examines the history of this Mediterranean island during the eighteenth century.

Minorca the Illusory Prize: A History of the British Occupations of Minorca Between 1708 and 1802

Americas

UNKNO

This book describes how the island of Malta became a protectorate of the British Crown during the wars against Napoleon after the failures of the Knights of Saint John, republican France, the Two Sicilies, and finally imperial Russia to fill the role of its best defender. Author Desmond Gregory also explains why most, though not all, Maltese people welcomed the protection of Britain, the supreme naval power in the Mediterranean after the battle of Aboukir Bay.

Malta, Britain, and the European Powers, 1793-1815

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

This book is the first full-length biography of Napoleon Bonaparte's jailer during Napoleon's exile on St. Helena. This work is intended to rescue Lowe's reputation from the depths to which it has been consigned by French and British Napoleonists.

Napoleon's Jailer: Lt. Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe : A Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Sir Henry Bunbury's main claim to fame is as a historian of the wars fought against Napoleon (principally in the Meditteranean). He was also an important figure in a number of fields of public service. Bunbury's writings and life give an absorbing picture of the British army and its commanders during the time of Napoleon, as well as of the contemporary political and economic scene. Illustrated.

No Ordinary General

Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr

This is the first book in English devoted to the history of Italy as a whole under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. Drawing largely on printed primary sources and the large number of secondary works that have been written in French and Italian, it seeks to present a balanced summary of conclusions reached by historians. Napoleon's Italy addresses the source of Napoleon's continued interest in Italy, exploring not only his apparent intentions with regard to the future of that country but the effect of fifteen years of Napoleonic rule. This book examines the impact of his continued interest in Italy on the country's economy in its various and diverse regions; on its legal, judicial, and administrative systems; and on Napoleon's use of Italy's conscripted armies. It assesses the degree of support and hostility his rule received, as well as the nature of the resistance to it. Finally, this book seeks to compute what sort of legacy Napoleon's rule has left behind in Italy. Desmond Gregory has published widely, including eight academic history books.

Napoleon's Italy

British and American soldiers, naval officers, mining engineers, merchants, businessmen and wealthy travellers flocked to the countries of Latin America following their independence from Spain and Portugal. Most such travellers were entirely ignorant of the continent and expected instant success: easy money, the cheap acquisition of fertile land, military glory or vast mineral wealth. Few of them realized their ambitions, for the overthrow of the old regimes had not brought peace, liberalism and the social conditions in which foreign investment could thrive. To their shock and disgust, they encountered the same civil strife, corruption, squalor and "barbarism", religious intolerance and petty jealousies that had prevailed in earlier centuries. The experiences of these travellers, as noted in their diaries, journals and letters, are presented in this book. It should be of interest to modern-day travellers as well as to historians and students of Latin America. A strength of the book is its coverage of political, business and civilian history as well as military life, throughout the continent.

Brute New World: The Rediscovery of Latin America in the Early 19th Century (Geographers)

Bloomsbury Academic

This book describes how Malta became a protectorate of the British Crown during the wars against Napoleon, after the failure of the Knights of Saint John, France, the Two Sicilies, and Russia to defend it, and why most Maltese welcomed theprotection of the British navy.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

British and American soldiers, naval officers, mining engineers, merchants, businessmen and wealthy travellers flocked to the countries of Latin America following their independence from Spain and Portugal. Most such travellers were entirely ignorant of the continent and expected instant success: easy money, the cheap acquisition of fertile land, military glory or vast mineral wealth. Few of them realized their ambitions, for the overthrow of the old regimes had not brought peace, liberalism and the social conditions in which foreign investment could thrive. To their shock and disgust, they encountered the same civil strife, corruption, squalor and ""barbarism"", religious intolerance and petty jealousies that had prevailed in earlier centuries.The experiences of these travellers, as noted in their diaries, journals and letters, are presented in this book. It should be of interest to modern-day travellers as well as to historians and students of Latin America. A strength of the book is its coverage of political, business and civilian history as well as military life, throughout the continent. 

Brute New World: The Rediscovery of Latin America in the Early Nineteenth Century

I.B.Tauris

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The Ungovernable Rock: A History of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom and Its Role in Britain's Mediterranean Strategy During the Revolutionary War, 1793-9 (Apple- Zimmerman Series in Early Modern)

Minorca the Illusory Prize: A History of the British Occupations of Minorca Between 1708 and 1802

Malta, Britain, and the European Powers, 1793-1815

Napoleon's Jailer: Lt. Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe : A Life

No Ordinary General

Napoleon's Italy

Brute New World: The Rediscovery of Latin America in the Early 19th Century (Geographers)

Malta, Britain, and the European Powers, 1793-1815

Brute New World: The Rediscovery of Latin America in the Early Nineteenth Century