No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One

by Andrew Lambert

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte--manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire

At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continent's borders were redrawn, and the French Empire, once a significant threat to British security, was for now cut down to size. But after decades of ceaseless conflict, Britain's economy was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300275552
• ISBN13: 9780300275551
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 512 Pages