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Author:
Crocker, Thomas E., author.
Title:
Empire's eagles : the fate of the Napoleonic elite in America / Thomas E. Crocker.
Publisher:
Prometheus Books,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
431 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
French--United States--History--19th century.
Exiles--France--History--19th century.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Aristocracy (Social class)--France--History--19th century.
French Americans--History--19th century.
United States--History--History--19th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Little Drummer Boy -- Bonaparte's Retreat -- The Enabler -- The Hounds of Retribution -- The Philadelphia Story -- The Altruistic Adventurers -- The Alarming Adventurers -- The Strange Case of Michel Ney, the "Bravest of the brave," Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moscow and Marshal of France -- The Flight, Trial and Execution of Marshal Ney -- The Eye Witnesses -- Was Marshal Ney Executed?
Summary:
"The never-before told story of how Napoleon's top brass escaped to America after Waterloo"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1633886549
9781633886544
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1202731313
LCCN:
2020037551
Locations:
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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