Napoleon Bonaparte

Author: Alan Schom

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  • : $55.00 AUD
  • : 9780060929589
  • : HarperCollins
  • : Harper Perennial
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  • : 1.315
  • : July 1998
  • : 235mm X 156mm X 48mm
  • : United States
  • : 55.0
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  • : Alan Schom
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  • : Paperback
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  • : English
  • : 944.05092
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  • : 75 b&w photographs, 15 maps
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Barcode 9780060929589
9780060929589

Description

A definitive biography of Bonaparte from his birth in Corsica to his death in exile on St Helena, this book examines all aspects of Bonaparte's spectacular rise to power and his dizzying fall. It offers close examination of battlefield victories, personal torments, military genius, Bonaparte's titanic ego and his relationships with the French government, Talleyrand, Wellington and Josephine. It is a consummate biography of a complex man.

Author description

Alan Schom is a Fellow at the Hoover Institution and has lectured on French History at Oxford University. He lives in California and France.