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"[The Soldier's Reward] examines romantic relationships and marriage at a time when many men of marriageable age were facing a military service that would rip them from their families and romantic partners. The ‘reward’ of the book’s title refers to the promise of marriage awaiting men after an (undetermined) period of military service in defence of the nation. . . . But as Heuer’s impressive research demonstrates, the disconnect between fantasy and reality was profound."—Christine Adams, History Today

"An important contribution to the literature on the history of gender and the family in France across the revolutionary divide"—Choice

“Demonstrating expansive scope, deep research, and an original framework, The Soldier’s Reward insightfully explores how relentless warfare had an impact on family dynamics, models of citizenship, and gender ideology. With a particular focus on martial masculinity, Heuer does a superb job of investigating its contours and power, but also its limits and inherent tensions.”—Suzanne Desan, author of The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France

“In this groundbreaking study, Jennifer Ngaire Heuer reassesses the importance of war, gender, and citizenship in the portrayal of soldiering during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Drawing on an impressive range of pamphlets, plays, and prints, she shows how the images of military masculinity and civic virtue so prevalent in the 1790s were gradually replaced by portrayals of a world without war, playing to the soldiers’ hopes for the future, their dreams of female company, marriage, and family life.”—Alan Forrest, University of York

“Heuer offers new directions for research on gender and the revolutionary moment. The Soldier’s Reward is important, innovative, and a pleasure to read.”—Carol E. Harrison, author of Romantic Catholics: France’s Postrevolutionary Generation in Search of a Modern Faith

“The Soldier’s Reward compellingly elucidates how citizenship, gender, marriage, and family became vital flash points as the French Revolutionary, Napoleonic, and Restoration regimes sought to recruit, retain, and care for millions of soldiers and veterans during two decades of war on an unprecedented scale. Heuer’s pioneering analyses bring to bear an extraordinary breadth of source materials to show how warfare drove long-lasting social, economic, and cultural transformations. A major contribution.”—Christy L. Pichichero, author of The Military Enlightenment

“Heuer explores the paradoxes of martial masculinity by setting the soldier alongside women, politicians, playwrights, families and their interests, and cultural personages such as priests and notables. The Soldier’s Reward deepens our understanding of soldiering in Revolutionary, Napoleonic, and Restoration France while providing a unique look at women in wartime.”—Bonnie G. Smith, author of Women in World History: 1450 to the Present