In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815

by Jenny Uglow

Book Overview

A beautifully observed history of the British home front during the Napoleonic Wars by a celebrated historian

We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars--but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank, a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers and candlestick makers--how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374280908
• ISBN13: 9780374280901
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 4.9" x 10.6"