The Congress of Vienna, begun in September 1814 and concluded in June 1815, was unique, an unprecedented Pan-European conference that laid the foundations for the post-Napoleonic age. It was also ...

This was the beginning of the Congress of Vienna, where the anti-Napoleonic coalition of Allies carved up Europe. This book begins almost two years earlier with Napoleon's retreat from Moscow ...

This bold debut from Guardian columnist Nwanevu calls for a major overhaul of American democracy. Looking to ancient Athens as the supposed forerunner of today’s system, Nwanevu Continue reading ...

Napoleon's last adventure may have stirred ... The peace born of the Congress of Vienna, guaranteed by a holy alliance of great powers defending the principle of keeping dynasties in place ...

with Napoleon staying at the Schönbrunn Palace in 1805 and 1809. Metternich was a consummate European politician - the Congress of Vienna was his brainchild and hosting it in his own residence ...

where Napoleon met his real Waterloo. It took the Congress of Vienna to re-establish peace and stability across the continent. During the 19th century, Vienna quadrupled in size to become one of ...

THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (312 pp.)—Harold Nicolson—Harcourt, Brace ($4). The retreat from Moscow was over; in a room at Fontainebleau, the defeated Emperor Napoleon meditated suicide.

the same position the cold-eyed realist had held throughout the French Revolution and under Napoleon. Following agreements reached at the 1815 Congress of Vienna, the Holy Alliance engineered the ...

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