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Victor Hugo
NAPOLEON THE LITTLE: A Political Critique Examining Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's Rise to Power (Annotated)
This edition has been annotated with the following unique content. Explanation of Historical Context - Detailed Century Analysis - Author detailed biography Napoleon the Little: Victor Hugo's Explosive Political Manifesto A Banned Book That Helped Topple an Empire When Victor Hugo penned this ...
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Shannon Selin
Napoleon in America
What if Napoleon Bonaparte had escaped from St. Helena and wound up in the United States? The year is 1821. Former French Emperor Napoleon has been imprisoned on a dark wart in the Atlantic since his defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Rescued in a state of near-death by Gulf pirate Jean Laffite, Napoleon l...
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Paul Johnson
Napoleon: A Life
From New York Times bestselling author Paul Johnson, “a very readable and entertaining biography” ( The Washington Post ) about one of the most important figures in modern European history: Napoleon Bonaparte   In an ideal pairing of author and subject, the magisterial historian Paul Johnson...
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Michael V. Leggiere
Napoleon and Berlin: The Franco-Prussian War in North Germany, 1813 (Volume 1) (Campaigns and Commanders Series)
At a time when Napoleon needed all his forces to reassert French dominance in Central Europe, why did he fixate on the Prussian capital of Berlin? Instead of concentrating his forces for a decisive showdown with the enemy, he repeatedly detached large numbers of troops, under ineffective commanders,...
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Adam Zamoyski
Napoleon: A Brilliant Leader Who Helped Shape the Modern World - or a Brutal Tyrant? (All you need to know)
Born in Corsica, and a brilliant military leader during the French revolution, Napoleon became Emperor in 1804 and dominated European and indeed global affairs for the next ten years, leading France against a series of coalitions in what were later called the Napoleonic wars. His victories are the s...
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Alan Forrest
Napoleon: Life, Legacy, and Image: A Biography
From Alan Forrest, a preeminent British scholar, comes an exceedingly readable account of the man and his legend On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. T...
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Joseph Gea
Napoleon’s Secret Inspiration: Uncovering the Islamic Influence Behind Modern Civil Law
What if one of the foundations of modern European law was shaped far from Europe? Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered as a conqueror and the architect of modern French law. Imam Malik ibn Anas is remembered as a jurist and guardian of Islamic legal tradition. History almost never places them side by si...
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Keith Woods
Napoleon's Final Reflections: From Barry O'Meara's Napoleon in Exile
"I know posterity will honor me. In a year or two, my life may end, but my deeds will live." In his final years of exile on Saint Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte shared his most intimate thoughts with his physician, Dr. Barry O'Meara. When O'Meara published his two-volume account of his time with Napo...
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David A. Bell
Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction
This Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte's short stature, as well as the other rumors and legends, David A. Bell provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's c...
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Ralph Ashby
Napoleon Against Great Odds: The Emperor and the Defenders of France, 1814
This revisionist history offers a fresh analysis of Napoleon and the French army as they defended their empire against the massive Coalition invasion of 1814. French defeat in 1814 is too often shrugged off as the result of obvious and understandable factors. Napoleon Against Great Odds: The Empe...
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Juan Cole
Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East
In this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general's reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his fascinating views of the Orient, Cole delves into the psychology of the military titan and his entour...
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Robert Burleigh
Napoleon: The Story of the Little Corporal
Published in association with the American Federation of Arts The only children’s picture book about France’s greatest general and eventual emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon achieved countless military victories and unified half a continent; he was a corporal, general, consul, and emperor. ...
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Philip G. Dwyer
Napoleon and Europe
Two hundred years ago, Napoleon was at the apogee of his power in Europe. This broad ranging reassessment explores the key themes presented by his extraordinary career: from his rise to power and the foundation of the imperial state, to the final defeat of his grand vision following the doomed invas...
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Louis Geoffroy
Napoleón y la conquista del mundo (Spanish Edition)
«Tras ello Napoleón mandó cortar el istmo de Suez; volvió a convocar a aquellas naciones de obreros que había empleado en el descubrimiento de Babilonia, y, con semejante fuerza, aquellas inmensas obras pronto estuvieron concluidas. En 1825, el estrecho de Suez había suplantado al istmo de Sue...
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Thomas Keneally
Napoleon's Last Island: A Novel
The bestselling author of Schindler’s List and The Daughters of Mars returns with an “insightful and nimble...consistently fresh and engaging” ( The New York Times Book Review ) novel—based on a true story—about the remarkable friendship between a quick-witted young woman and one of hi...
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Carl von Clausewitz
Napoleon's 1796 Italian Campaign
Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) is best known for his masterpiece of military theory On War , yet that work formed only the first three of ten volumes of his published writings. The others, historical analyses of the wars that roiled Europe from 1789 through 1815, informed and shaped Clausewitz...
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COLSON
NAPOLEON: ON WAR PAPER: On War
This is the book on war that Napoleon never had the time or the will to complete. In exile on the island of Saint-Helena, the deposed Emperor of the French mused about a great treatise on the art of war, but in the end changed his mind and ordered the destruction of the materials he had collected ...
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Chaillou-D
Napoleon Et l'Opera La Politique Sur La Scene (French Edition)
Qui aurait soupçonné que Napoléon était un spectateur assidu de l’Opéra de Paris ? Que, dans le feu des batailles, il s’inquiétait des pièces à l’affiche et du contenu des livrets ? Qu’il fut lui-même à l’origine de certaines créations et parlait d’égal à égal avec les comp...
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Charles Maurras
Napoléon avec la France ou contre la France ? (French Edition)
Dans ce petit livre publié pour la première fois en 1929, Charles Maurras propose de faire le bilan historique et politique de l’épopée Napoléon. Il l’aborde sous l’angle des questions militaires, géopolitiques, stratégiques, évidemment politiques et arrive, ce faisant, à la conclusio...
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Guy C. Dempsey
Napoleon's Mercenaries: Foreign Units in the French Army Under the Consulate and Empire, 1799-1814
This superb and comprehensive book details the foreign units which formed such an important part of Napoleon's forces. It examines each non-French unit in turn, giving an overview of the unit's origins, its organizational and combat history, its uniforms and standards, and details of the unit's even...
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