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Napoleon, a political life, Steven Englund

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Napoleon, a political life, Steven Englund

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Napoleon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52901252

Responsibility statement

Steven Englund

Sub title

a political life

Summary

A political biography of Napoleon Bonaparte charts his rise and fall, detailing his devotion to the French Revolution and his seminal influence on the face of nineteenth-century European history

Table Of Contents

Napoleone di Buonaparte -- The making of the patriot -- The unmaking of the patriot -- Robespierre on horseback -- Love and war -- Apprenticeship in statecraft: Italy and Egypt -- Power (I): taking it (Brumaire) -- Power (II): Using it (the consulate) -- Power (III): Naming it (from citizen consul to emperor of the French) -- La Guerre--encore (et pour toujours) -- The empire--and its fissures (1807-1810) The great unraveling (1810-1812) -- The collapse (1812-1814) -- Nation-talk: the liberal empire -- Shadows: "The liberal empire."

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