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Fall of Toulon: The Last Attempt to Defeat the French Revolution
Fall of Toulon The Last Attempt to Defeat the French Revolution 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 ... more »securing of the Revolution, is one of treason mixed with heroism, along with the rise of a young opportunist named Napoleon Bonaparte.« less