4496. Europe and the French Imperium 1799-1814, by Geoffrey Bruun (read 13 Oct 2008) This is a volume in the series edited by William L. Langer called "The Rise of Modern Europe." It is the seventh volume in that series I have read. Since it was published in 1938 it is somewhat dated and it would, I think, be better to read a more recent study on the momentous years covered by the volume. It started out to be quite engaging, but plodded some towards the end. The author was born in Montreal, Canada, but was a history professor in the U.S., dying at age 89 in 1988 ( )