Download or read book Napoleon and British Song, 1797-1822 written by Oskar Cox Jensen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study offers a radical reassessment of a crucial period of political and cultural history. By looking at some 400 songs, many of which are made available to hear, and at their writers, singers, and audiences, it questions both our relationship with song, and ordinary Britons' relationship with Napoleon, the war, and the idea of Britain itself.