The Napoleonic Wars grew out of the French Revolution (1789-1802) and were a series of conflicts fought by various European allies against Napoleon's French Empire. They began in 1803 and ended with Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815. The era of the Napoleonic wars for many years attracted the attention of French and Russian authors. In this series you will find some of the books illustrating history of the Napoleonic wars and the impact of this era on Russian and French societies.