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This text is a local history of Napoleonic France, focusing on Rouen. Relying on French archival sources, Gavin Daly investigates the nature of the Napoleonic state and its impact upon local society. Specifically, he examines the question of state power and its implementation at a local level.

A few years ago, Sean Quinn was ranked among the 200 richest people in the world, with a personal fortune of some $6 billion. Today he is bust, and his businesses have been taken from him - to make matters worse, his efforts to keep his assets from his creditors have seen him sent to jail for contempt of court. But how did it all happen? In 'Citizen Quinn', Ian Kehoe and Gavin Daly trace the remarkable life of the 'simple farmer's son' who made most of his money through guts and graft, and then lost it all through disastrous moves and multi-billion-euro gambles.