This lively and original book critically re-examines Lloyd George's part, crucial but enigmatic, in the 'lost peace' of Versailles, 1919-1940. In a re-examination of six key episodes 1919-1940, it reviews his protean role at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919, his strategy on reparations, his abortive guarantee-treaty to France, and the emergence at the Conference of 'Appeasement'. It then reassesses his controversial visit to Hitler, and his bids to halt World War II after the fall of Poland and France.
The person, career and impact of Napoleon Bonaparte is central to the shift from Enlightenment to Romanticism. In this book you will critically consider the Napoleonic Phenomenon through the biography by Stenthal and other contemporary documents. You will also go on to consider different ways in which artists such as Gros and David depicted Napoleon's elusive and changing, but dramatic public persona.
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