The Age of Napoleon (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)

✍ Scribed by Susan P. Conner

Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 252
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Hegel called him "an idea on horseback," a description that suggests Napoleon Bonaparte's complexity, as well as the extent to which he changed France, Europe, and the world. Napoleon has been called a visionary, a pragmatist, a cynical opportunist, an ogre, and a demigod. Here, he is described in his own words and the words of his contemporaries: from his clannishness to his knack for being at the right place at the right time, and from his genius to his obsession with detail.

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