简介：TheRevolutionof1789transformedFrancefromdecadentmonarchytomodernstate.Itthrewupthefirstcitizen'sarmyandintroducedtheconceptofTotalWar.UndertheleadershipofNapoleonBonaparte,thegreatestgeneralofhisage,Franceestablishedamightyempire.ItshaughtyambitionsnaturallybroughtitintoconflictwiththeBritishEmpire,andthewarthateruptedasaresultshooktheworld... Itwas,truly,thefirst'worldwar'.Asempiresclashed,fivemillionpeoplediedinfightingthatragedfromRussiatoSpainandfromJavatotheCaribbean.AndwhenitendedwiththeBritishEmpiretriumphantandFrenchambitionscrushed,nothingwouldeverbethesameagain. Thismajorthree-partseriesfromChannel4bringstolifethestoryofthatepicwar,combiningexpertcommentaryandanalysiswithdramaticbattlere-enactmentsandjournalanddiaryentriesfromthosewhofought.ItprovidesvividaccountsofthekeybattlesatTrafalgarandWaterlooaswellasmanylesser-knownengagements,andrevealshowanewkindofwarfareandworldwasborninthemaelstromofconflict.…