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Marine of Revolution & Consulate: The Recollections of a French Soldier of the Revolutionary Wars 1791-1804

Marine of Revolution & Consulate: The Recollections of a French Soldier of the Revolutionary Wars 1791-1804

De Jonns, Moreau

Paperback

Series: Eyewitness to War

Military BiographiesGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 1846774691
ISBN13: 9781846774690
Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
Published: Jun 19 2008
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A soldier of revolution

The wars of the French Revolution are justifiably dominated by the masterful figure of Napoleon. His rapid rise to power, initially as general, then as First Consul and ultimately as Emperor has created the popular perception of the epoch. But by the time Napoleon began his meteoric rise to power the revolution itself was well established. The author of this book Moreau de Jonnes was a true child of the revolutionary period. Taken from his studies as a future lawyer in 1791 he never again returned to his intended profession. He was drafted into the National Guard during the doomed attempt at constitutional monarchy and thereafter into the Marine Artillery where he began an experience of continual war for the next 15 years. We follow de Jonnes to the siege of Toulon, to engagements against the Royal Navy at sea, to Quiberon Bay, the Irish Rebellion and finally to service in the Caribbean. This is an unusual and rare first hand account of the early years that formed the First Empire and is not to be missed by any student of the period.

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