| Description |
651 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue : the bridge at Arcola -- The outsider, 1769-1792: The pleasure of recognition ; 'You will be my avenger' ; Corsica in revolution ; Ambition awakened -- The revolutionary, 1792-1796: Disillusion ; The Jacobin ; Shifting political sands ; The political appointee -- The conquering hero, 1796-1798: Innovation ; Conquest and pillage ; Artists and soldiers, politics and love ; The apprenticeship of power ; Bonaparte the 'Italique' -- The civilizing hero, 1798-1799: A grandiose exile ; Confronting Egypt ; Conciliation and terror : governing Egypt ; Prisoner of his conquest ; The limits of imagination ; The end of the dream -- Seizing power, 1799: The return of the saviour ; The coup as farce |
| Summary |
A biography that examines the extraordinary evolution of Napoleon's character. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character ambiguous and his intentions often ill-defined |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832.
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Napoleon, Emperor of the French I, 1769-1821
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Emperors -- France -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051308
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780747566779 paperback |
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