Napoleon
Subtitle: emperor and conqueror
By: Kimberley Heuston.
Series: A wicked history; Wicked history
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780531212776
Subjects: Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821 -- Juvenile literature; Emperors -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; France -- History -- 1789-1815 -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: An engaging biography of Napoleon Bonaparte--one of the most brilliant and reckless generals in history--who declared himself emperor of France in 1804, conquered lands from Portugal to Poland, made kings and queens of his family members, and nearly brought all of Europe to its knees.
Notes: "Egotist" -- cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125) and index.
Table of contents: title: A taste for power.; title: Born to fight; title: Going French; title: Revolution!; title: In command; title: Success in Paris; title: General Bonaparte.; title: The war in Italy; title: Into Egypt; title: Seizing power; title: Enforcing the peace; title: Remaking France; title: Emperor Napoleon.; title: Better than king; title: Unlimited power; title: The continental system; title: The Spanish ulcer; title: Domestic affairs; title: Disaster on the battlefield; title: Waterloo.