“The right-wing Tories and the conservative Whigs fought Napoleon as the Usurper and the Enemy of the Established Order; the liberal Tories and the radical Whigs fought him as the Betrayer of the Revolution and the Enslaver of Europe; they were all agreed in fighting him, and his notion that their disagreement signified national disunion was mere wishful thinking. All dictators since his time have fallen into the same trap: themselves blind to the values of liberty, they cannot conceive that people who disagree on its meaning can nevertheless unite in upholding their freedoms against patent despotism.” LibertyDespotismNapoleonNapoleonic WarsToriesWhigs Book:The Age of Napoleon Source: The Age of Napoleon
“The English soldier was probably the worst-treated soldier in Europe, and judging from the English casualty rates during the Napoleonic wars, English generals were more lavish with their soldiers' lives than were their French and German colleagues.” SoldiersNapoleonic WarsDeath Rates Book:The Age of Napoleon Source: The Age of Napoleon
“The war against Napoleon was won not by England but by Russia, Austria, and Prussia; but England won the last battle and she won the peace.” NapoleonNapoleonic Wars Book:The Age of Napoleon Source: The Age of Napoleon
“Historians are lenient to those who succeed and stern to those who fail; in this, and this alone, they display strong political sense.” HistoryFranceEgyptNapoleonBonaparteNapoleonic Wars Book:Bonaparte in Egypt Source: Bonaparte in Egypt