Napoleon
Life, Legacy, and Image
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: xii, 403 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
From Alan Forrest, a preeminent British scholar, comes an exceedingly readable account of the man and his legend. Drawing on original research and his own distinguished background in French history, Forrest demonstrates that Napoleon was as much a product of his times as their creation.
Contents:
Paris, 1840 -- Corsican beginnings -- Son of the revolution -- Bonaparte in Italy -- Lure of the orient -- First consul -- From consulate to empire -- Quest for glory -- A vision of civil society -- The reinvention of monarchy -- From the peninsula to Leipzig -- The hundred days -- Years of exile -- Life after death.
Subjects:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Emperors -- France -- Biography.
France -- History -- 1789-1815.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Emperors -- France -- Biography.
France -- History -- 1789-1815.
ISBN:
9781250009036 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Napoleon I | St. Andrews Indoors | Biography | In |
Originally published: London : Quercus, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-385) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-385) and index.