The Rise And Fall Of Napoleon Vol 1 - Hardcover

Asprey, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316644692 ISBN 13: 9780316644693

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2000

Synopsis

Since his untimely death aged fifty-one in 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte has been too often the victim of biographical revisionism that treats him either as a demi-god or as devil incarnate. In the first of this monumental new two-volume biography, Robert Asprey has preferred to treat him as a human being. The Rise and Fall of Napoleon (Volume 1: The Rise) chronicles the beginning of this most extraordinary of lives, from Napoleon's birth in 1769 to the historic Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, when he brilliantly defeated the Austro-Russian armies. What emerges is both a fascinating and contradictory figure: a child of the French Revolution who grew to be its master; who exploited the national will for what he believed to be the national good; who converted the surging passions of thirty million persons into an irresistible force to challenge and often topple archaic thrones; whose desire for European reforms ultimately fell victim to feudal superstition and misery. Based on years of research, Robert Asprey tells this remarkable tale with the even-handedness such a major historical figure deserves. He presents Napoleon as he was - a man dedicated to his vision of himself and his empire.

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Review:

Well balanced overall in its judgements... (IRISH TIMES)

A levelheaded and serious account of Napoleon's life which is clear, objective and informative (SPECTATOR)

Book Description:

*First of two volumes, a masterly biography of the great French general, with special emphasis on his military genius.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0316644692
• ISBN 13: 9780316644693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608