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The Fall of Toulon: The Last Opportunity to Defeat the French Revolution (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
The Fall of Toulon The Last Opportunity to Defeat the French Revolution - Cassell Military Paperbacks Author:Bernard Ireland Bernard Ireland?s popular and accessible account of the fall of Toulon brings to life a savage episode in European history. In the summer of 1793, French Royalists surrendered the great naval base at Toulon to the British, intending this to be the springboard for a full-scale counter-revolution. The story of Royalist dashed hopes, and the securi... more »ng of the Revolution, is one of treason mixed with heroism, along with the rise of a young opportunist named Napoleon Bonaparte.« less