num_pages: 608
description: Written with great energy and authorityand using the newly available personal archives of Napoleon himselfthe first volume of a majestic two-part biography of the great French emperor and conqueror. All previous lives of Napoleon have relied more on the memoirs of others than on his own uncensored words. This is the first life of Napoleon in any language that makes full use of his newly released personal correspondence compiled by the Napolon Foundation in Paris. All previous lives of Napoleon have relied more on the memoirs of others than on his own uncensored words.Michael Broers' biography draws on the thoughts of Napoleon himself as his incomparable life unfolded. It reveals a man of intense emotion but also of iron self-discipline; of acute intelligence and immeasurable energy. Tracing his life from its dangerous Corsican roots through his rejection of his early identity and the dangerous military encounters of his early career it tells the story of the sheer determination ruthlessness and careful calculation that won him the precarious mastery of Europe by 1807. After the epic battles of Austerlitz Jena and Friedland France was the dominant land power on the continent.Here is the first biography of Napoleon in which this brilliant violent leader is evoked to give the reader a full dramatic and all-encompassing portrait.16 pages of color and B&amp;W illustrations
language: English
title: Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny
publisher: Pegasus Books