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Napoleon : a life / Adam Zamoyski.
"The definitive biography of Napoleon, revealing the true man behind the legend. The story of Napoleon has been written many times. In some versions, he is a military genius, in others a war-obsessed tyrant. Here, historian Adam Zamoyski cuts through the mythology and explains Napoleon against the background of the European Enlightenment, and what he was himself seeking to achieve. This most famous of men is also the most hidden of men, and Zamoyski dives deeper than any previous biographer to find him. Beautifully written, Napoleon brilliantly sets the man in his European context." -- Amazon.com.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465055937 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xvii, 764 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018 "--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-728) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A reluctant messiah -- Insular dreams -- Boy soldier -- Freedom -- Corsica -- France or Corsica -- The Jacobin -- Adolescent loves -- General Vendémiaire -- Italy -- Lodi -- Victory and legend -- Master of Italy -- Eastern promise -- Egypt -- Plague -- The saviour -- Fog -- The consul -- Consolidation -- Marengo -- Caesar -- Peace -- The liberator of Europe -- His Consular Majesty -- Toward empire -- Napoleon I -- Austerlitz -- Emperor of the west -- Master of Europe -- The sun emperor -- The emperor of the east -- The cost of power -- Apotheosis -- Apogee -- Blinding power -- The rubicon -- Nemesis -- Hollow victories -- Last chance -- The wounded lion -- Rejection -- The outlaw -- A crown of thorns. |
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| Subject: | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. France. Armée > History > Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. France > Kings and rulers > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 944.05092 Napol-Z | 31681010385052 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Traces the life of Napoleon, who was born poor, became an army general at twenty-six, and let his love of an older woman transform him into a military commander who was crowned Emperor of France by age thirty-five. - Baker & Taylor
Describes the life of Napoleon, who was born poor, became an army general at 26 and let his love of an older woman transform him into a military commander who was crowned Emperor of France by age 35. 25,000 first printing. - Grand Central Pub
The definitive biography of Napoleon -- hailed as "magnificent" by The Economist.
"What a novel my life has been!" Napoleon once said of himself. Born into a poor family, the callow young man was, by twenty-six, an army general. Seduced by an older woman, his marriage transformed him into a galvanizing military commander. The Pope crowned him as Emperor of the French when he was only thirty-five. Within a few years, he became the effective master of Europe, his power unparalleled in modern history. His downfall was no less dramatic.
The story of Napoleon has been written many times. In some versions, he is a military genius, in others a war-obsessed tyrant. Here, historian Adam Zamoyski cuts through the mythology and explains Napoleon against the background of the European Enlightenment, and what he was himself seeking to achieve. This most famous of men is also the most hidden of men, and Zamoyski dives deeper than any previous biographer to find him. Beautifully written, Napoleon brilliantly sets the man in his European context.
