Napoleon : a life /
"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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "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." -- |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 764 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 705-728) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465055937 0465055931 |