The Franco-Russian Alliance during the First Empire" is one of the most famous works of the greatest French historian, member of the French Academy, Count Albert Vandal (1853–1910). This fundamental three-volume work was first published in France in 1891–1893 and awarded the first Gobert Prize, then it was reprinted many times in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book reveals the roots of the political structure of New Europe, which was created at the beginning of the 19th century during the Napoleonic wars. France and Russia played key roles in European politics at that time. In his in-depth study, based on a huge number of sources, Albert Vandal shows how, step by step, both powers and their emperors approached the War of 1812, which decided the fate of Russia and Europe. In examining the political events of the period under study, the historian focuses on the relationship between Alexander I and Napoleon, their personal qualities and psychology.