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Article: Amiens 1802: the phoney peace: David Johnson reconsiders the nature of the peace treaty between Britain and France and the tarnished reputation of prime minister Addington.(Column)
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- September 1, 2002
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THE DEFINITIVE PEACE Treaty signed between Britain and France at Amiens on March 27th, 1802, was welcomed on both sides of the English Channel. London and other towns across Britain were illuminated, and within weeks there were fireworks, feasts, congratulatory addresses, sermons and poems celebrating the return of peace after nine long years of European conflict. More significantly, corn prices came down and income tax was abolished. Since the Treaty of Luneville of February 1801, between France and Austria, Britain had been left alone to carry the torch of resistance against the Napoleonic war machine. Amiens was nevertheless a phoney peace. Neither government really ...
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