Between the outbreak of war with Austria in 1792 and Napoleon's final debacle in 1814, France remained almost continously at war, recruiting in the process some

This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to ob

Known collectively as the 'Great War', for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leadin