Bibliograph

Napoleon, a life, Adam Zamoyski

Type

Label

Napoleon, a life, Adam Zamoyski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 705-728) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Napoleon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1023492924

Responsibility statement

Adam Zamoyski

Sub title

a life

Summary

"The definitive biography of Napoleon, revealing the true man behind the legend. The story of Napoleon has been written many times. In some versions, he is a military genius, in others a war-obsessed tyrant. Here, historian Adam Zamoyski cuts through the mythology and explains Napoleon against the background of the European Enlightenment, and what he was himself seeking to achieve. This most famous of men is also the most hidden of men, and Zamoyski dives deeper than any previous biographer to find him. Beautifully written, Napoleon brilliantly sets the man in his European context." --, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

A reluctant messiah -- Insular dreams -- Boy soldier -- Freedom -- Corsica -- France or Corsica -- The Jacobin -- Adolescent loves -- General Vendémiaire -- Italy -- Lodi -- Victory and legend -- Master of Italy -- Eastern promise -- Egypt -- Plague -- The saviour -- Fog -- The consul -- Consolidation -- Marengo -- Caesar -- Peace -- The liberator of Europe -- His Consular Majesty -- Toward empire -- Napoleon I -- Austerlitz -- Emperor of the west -- Master of Europe -- The sun emperor -- The emperor of the east -- The cost of power -- Apotheosis -- Apogee -- Blinding power -- The rubicon -- Nemesis -- Hollow victories -- Last chance -- The wounded lion -- Rejection -- The outlaw -- A crown of thorns

Target audience

adult

Classification