Excerpt from Napoleon and the Invasion of England, Vol. 1: The Story of the Great Terror We have, however, no present concern with the inva sions of England attempted or projected prior to the Revolution, which, by the irony of fate, made the heirs of our would-be invaders our fast friends and allies, while their former subjects became our relentless foes. It is merely essential to correct the popular error which makes Napoleon the fans et arzya of the invasion idea, which originated nearly two centuries before he saw the ...
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Excerpt from Napoleon and the Invasion of England, Vol. 1: The Story of the Great Terror We have, however, no present concern with the inva sions of England attempted or projected prior to the Revolution, which, by the irony of fate, made the heirs of our would-be invaders our fast friends and allies, while their former subjects became our relentless foes. It is merely essential to correct the popular error which makes Napoleon the fans et arzya of the invasion idea, which originated nearly two centuries before he saw the light, was rampant when he was still in the cradle, recurred in an acute form long after his death, and has a certain actu ality at this very moment, when the revival of the Channel Tunnel scheme has already brought a new defence associ ation into existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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