Napoleon Recaptures Paris by Claude Manceron - 9781032996318

Napoleon Recaptures ParisMarch 20, 1815\nAuthor(s): Claude Manceron\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032996318, 978-1032996318\nSynopsis\nParis, March 19, 1815; midnight. A line of heavy carriages draws up in the courtyard of the Tuilleries, while a crowd of despairing royalists watch the departure of Louis XVIII. Within 24 hours, amid indescribable enthusiasm, Napoleon was taken from his carriage and borne in triumph to his study. The vanquished man of Fontainebleau, the exile of Elba, had recaptured Paris at the head of the troops whom the King had sent to fight him. Have you ever seen a man reconquer his throne merely by showing his hat? Its the greatest of Gods miracles, said Balzacs grenadier. But how was this Revolution of March 20 achieved, and why? a revolution which, but for Waterloo, might have given a new start to the European revolution? Hour by hour, in the Emperors army and at the Royal palace, on N.