Bonaparte
Subtitle: 1769-1802
By: Patrice Gueniffey ; translated by Steven Rendall
Contributors: Rendall, Steven, translator
Publisher: The Belknap Press ofHarvard University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1008
ISBN-13: 9780674368354
Subjects: Emperors; Heads of state; Biography; History
Work titles: Bonaparte
Description: Patrice Gueniffey, the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, from his boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769-1793; title: An Italian family in Corsica; title: A French upbringing; title: The French officer and the Corsican patriot; title: The revolutionary of Ajaccio; title: Lost illusions; title: Part II. Entry into the scene: 1793-1796; title: Toulon; title: In search of a future; title: Happiness; title: Part III. The Italian Campaign: 1796-1797; title: That beautiful Italy; title: An Italian policy?; title: On the road to Vienna; title: Mombello; title: Saving the Directory; title: Campoformio; title: Parisian interlude; title: Part IV. The Egyptian Expedition: 1798-1799; title: The road to the Indies; title: The conquest of the Nile; title: Governing Egypt; title: Jaffa; title: The return from the orient; title: Part V. Crossing the Rubicon: 1799; title: The conspiracy; title: Brumaire; title: Part VI. A king for the revolution: 1799-1802; title: First Consul; title: First steps; title: From the Tuileries to Marengo; title: Works and days; title: The turning point of 1801; title: Peace with the church; title: The top of the ladder.