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The Struggle for Paris. The second volume of Douglas Fermers new history of the Franco-Prussian War Graphic account of the siege of Paris and the final French defeat Focuses on the vain attempts of the French provincial armies to relieve the siege Vivid, eyewitness accounts from soldiers and civilians

The Franco-Prussian War did not end with the catastrophic French defeat at Sedan on 1 September 1870 when an entire French army surrendered, the Emperor Napoleon III was captured and his regime collapsed. The war went on for another five agonizing months, and resolved itself into a contest for Paris - for while Paris held out, France was undefeated.

Anyone interested in the full background of the Franco-German rivalry that marked the period of 1870 to 1945 will find Sedan 1870 a must-read.

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Douglas Fermer has written not only a brilliant account of these three campaigns, but a coherent narrative that explains why the wars were fought, why the French Army fought them as it did, and what the consequences were, not just for the army, but for French society as a whole.