| Description |
1 online resource (799 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; REGENERATION, 1799?-1802; 1. The Invention of a Saviour; Neither Excitement nor Enthusiasm; Despair of Relying on Yourselves and Rely Only on Me; Do You Want to be King?; Blood will Flow Up to your Knees; A Regime of Servitude and Silence; The Vessel of State Arrives in Port; The End of our Suffering; Repression and Reconciliation; 2. Perfect Glory and Solid Peace; The Seat of Power; The Search for Peace; Preparations for War; Like a Thunderbolt |
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Calm on a Fiery Horse; 3. Italy and the Consolidation of Power; In God's Name, Return if You Can; If I Die, It Would be a Misfortune; The Hero Returns; The Festival of the Concord; Why am I Not Permitted to Weep?; If I am a Traitor, Become Brutus; 4. Peace; Blood Must Flow; Hohenlinden; We Blessed the Name of Bonaparte; The August Pacifier of the World; Bonaparte's Paris; No One Dares Now Talk Politics; 5. The Politics of Fusion; The Return of the Emigras |
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A Vaccine against Religion; The Head of Medusa Should Show Itself No More!; Portraying Bonaparte; EMPIRE, 1802-1804; 6. The Conservative Turn; The Men of the Revolution Have Nothing to Fear; The Imagination of the French People; Pots of Butter and Malcontent Republicans; An Aura of Fear; A Republic in Uniform; Weeping Tears of Blood; Six Centuries of Outrage to Avenge; 7. The End of the Revolution; The Plot to Kill Bonaparte; The Kidnapping and Execution of the Duc dâ Enghien |
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Bonaparte Becomes Napoleon; Sea of Dreams, Empire of Reality; A Troublesome Family; 8. The First Throne of the Universe; The Trial of General Moreau; The Most Perfect of Men; Plebiscitary Leadership; Trinkets and Baubles; Boulogne; Charlemagne, Not Caesar (or Alexander); The Restorer of the Roman Empire; The Thaumaturge King; Rendering Napoleon Sacred; A Vexed Question; 9. Citizen Emperor; The Coronation; Representing the Empire; The Distribution of the Eagles; The Peoples Empire |
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The Jacobin Emperor; CONQUEST, 1805-1807; 10. The Rage of Conquest and Ambition; King of All Italy; The Rebirth of the Coalition; The Army of England; The Battle of Cadiz; Seven Torrents Descend on Germany; Fighting England in Germany; The Bloodiest [Battle] Ever Recorded; Peace is an Empty Word; 11. The Grand Empire; Napoleon the Great, Napoleon the Saint; He is the One God Created; The Bonapartes in Europe; Breathing a Desire for Revenge; Avenging Rossbach; A Triumphant Napoleon .. |
| Summary |
"In this second volume of Philip Dwyer's authoritative biography on one of history's most enthralling leaders, Napoleon, now 30, takes his position as head of the French state after the 1799 coup. Dwyer explores the young leader's reign, complete with mistakes, wrong turns, and pitfalls, and reveals the great lengths to which Napoleon goes in the effort to fashion his image as legitimate and patriarchal ruler of the new nation."-- Publisher website |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Kings and rulers
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051323
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France
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0300190662 |
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9780300190663 |
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1306095301 |
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9781306095303 |
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