Book 2012
Rites of Peace
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Diplomatic history
- Diplomatie
- Peace
- Wiener Kongress
- Diplomatieke betrekkingen
- Napoleontische oorlogen
- Napoleonische Kriege
- Congres van Wenen
Traces the epic events following Napoleon's exile in 1814 and the subsequent Treaty of Paris, examining how the eight-month Viennese carnival brought thousands of aristocrats to the Austrian capital and established the Congress of Vienna.