Napoleon
Subtitle: a life
By: Andrew Roberts
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 926
ISBN-13: 9780670025329
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Emperors; Biography; History
Description: " ... The first single-volume, cradle-to-grave biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 859-888) and index.
Winner of the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon 2014, Los Angeles Times Biography Prize 2014.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Rise.; title: Corsica; title: Revolution; title: Desire; title: Italy; title: Victory; title: Peace; title: Egypt; title: Acre; title: Brumaire; title: Mastery.; title: Consul; title: Marengo; title: Lawgiver; title: Plots; title: Amiens; title: Coronation; title: Austerlitz; title: Jena; title: Blockades; title: Tilsit; title: Iberia; title: Wagram; title: Zenith; title: Denouement.; title: Russia; title: Trapped; title: Retreat; title: Resilience; title: Leipzig; title: Defiance; title: Elba; title: Waterloo; title: St. Helena