Michael Broers
Michael George Broers (b. 1954) is a British historian. Broers is the Professor of Western European History at the University of Oxford.[1]
Broers attended the University of St Andrews (MA, 1978) and the University of Oxford (PhD, 1982).
Broers is the author of several academic books about revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe. He won the Grand Prix Napoléon prize, 2006. Professor Saul David in The Daily Telegraph wrote that Napoleon: The Spirit of the Age is perhaps the 'finest biography of Napoleon ever written'.[2]
Broers has contributed to academic journals such as War in History, The Historical Journal and Central European History.
Bibliography[]
- Europe Under Napoleon, 1799-1815 (1996)
- Europe After Napoleon: Revolution, Reaction, and Romanticism, 1814-1848 (1996)
- Politics and Religion in Napoleonic Italy (2001)
- The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, 1796-1814 (2005)
- Napoleon's Other War: Bandits, Rebels and their Pursuers in the Age of Revolutions (2010)
- Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny (2014)
- The Napoleonic Mediterranean: Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire (2016)
- Napoleon: The Spirit of the Age: 1805-1810 (2018)
References[]
- ^ "Professor Michael Broers". www.history.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ^ David, Saul (2018-03-10). "Is this the finest biography of Napoleon ever written?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
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