Alan Forrest

Alan Forrest is professor of modern history and director of the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York

Napoleon's conquest and its legacy

Alan Forrest explores the legacy of the empire and state-system imposed on Europe during the Napoleonic wars. The article continues our series Lest we forget, an editorial project in association with History & Policy, asking historians to reflect on wars gone by and the light they shed on present

By Alan Forrest

/ 1 Jun 2010