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Tim Clayton

This Dark Business

The Secret War Against Napoleon

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This Dark Business tells the story of the British government's determination to destroy Napoleon Bonaparte - by any means possible. Acclaimed historian Tim Clayton plunges the reader into the hidden underworld of Georgian politics in this gripping book about propaganda, spying and covert operations - a very modern tale of secret committees, slush funds and assassination.'What an astonishing story it all is, alternately inspiring and disturbing, a challenging addition to the Napoleonic canon . . . Clayton writes with a fine eye for detail. You smell the sewers in which these men (and some women) hid or escaped, the cells in which they were con… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-349-14238-8
  • EAN: 9780349142388
  • Produktnummer: 28213073
  • Verlag: Little, Brown and Company
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 448 S.
  • Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
  • Masse: H19.5 cm x B12.6 cm x D3.0 cm 370 g
  • Gewicht: 370

Über den Autor


Tim Clayton was educated at Cambridge University where he specialised in the graphic satire of James Gillray. He is the award winning and bestselling author of a number of books on naval and military history, including the winner of the 2008 Mountbatten Literary Award, Tars, and the critically acclaimed Trafalgar and Waterloo. Tim is also an Associate Fellow of the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He worked at the British Museum as co-curator of the exhibition Bonaparte and the British, which marked the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

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