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Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna (1st Edition) by Adam Zamoyski Hardcover, 656 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-06-077518-1 / 0060775181 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-077518-6 / 9780060775186 In the wake of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, the French emperor's imperious grip on Europe began to weaken, raising the question of how the continent was to be reconstructed after his defeat. While the Treaty of Paris that followed Napoleon's exile in 1814 put an end to a quarter c |