Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire, (Vol. 18/20) / faisant suite à l'Histoire de la Révolution Française

The volume traces the final military and political events surrounding the Bourbon restoration, describing French campaigns and sieges across Europe, the stubborn defenses and eventual surrender of key garrisons, and the strain of desertion on French forces. It follows political maneuvers in Paris as the comte d'Artois and later Louis XVIII negotiate recognition and a constitutional settlement, issue declarations before entering the capital, and assemble a royal council. Financial and administrative measures to stabilize the state, efforts to relieve occupied provinces, debates over evacuation conventions and rapid peace negotiations, and the resulting Treaty of Paris are examined alongside the social and military hardships these transitions produce.