xiv, 575 pages : 24 cm

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

"A Lisa Drew book."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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."

Legacy 2018

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