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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zamoyski, Adam (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821. France. > Armée > History > Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. France. > Armée. Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. Kings and rulers. France > Kings and rulers > Biography. France. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical. 1800-1815 Biography. History. Biographies. Nonfiction.

Table of Contents:

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.