Napoleon and the Revolution
By: by David P. Jordan
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780230362819
Subjects: Influence; History; HISTORY / Europe / France; HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century; HISTORY / Revolutionary
Description: "This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Prologue: Napoleon and the French Revolution; title: Becoming a Revolutionary; title: First Revolutionary Steps; title: Italy the Imperial Revolution; title: Egypt; title: Power; title: Entr'acte: Revolution and Empire; title: The Weapons of Revolution; title: Entr'acte: A Sighting in Jena; title: Napoleon at Zenith; title: Entr'acte: Napoleon and the Political Culture of the French Revolution; title: Catastrophe and Decline; title: Entr'acte: Napoleon Explains the Revolution; title: Napoleon Brought to Bay; title: Ending the Revolution; title: Entr'acte: Reputation; title: The End of the End Game; title: Death and Rebirth; title: Epilogue: Napoleon and the Revolutionary Tradition; title: Appendix: Some Remarks about Arsenic Poisoning; title: Notes; title: Bibliography.