Napoleon: A Penguin Life (Penguin Lives) - Hardcover

Johnson, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670030783 ISBN 13: 9780670030781

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2002

Synopsis

An acclaimed historian turns his sights on Napoleon, casting his towering life in a new light, from his early displays of military genius through his lust for power and his eventual defeat at Waterloo and exile on St. Helena. 30,000 first printing.

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Review:

Reviews for Paul's excellent short biography of Napoleon are coming in thickan faxt 'A coherent discussion of the topic of Napoleon in history. In this book you are overhearing an acute mind rehearsing a selection of the best evidence.'Robert Giddings, TRIBUNE 'This biography serves as an invaluable meansof quickly getting up to speed on the life and times of one of history's most influential men, ultimately what makes it most attractive is the unsentimental and unromantic assessments.'Shane Coleman, THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE 'It is lucidly written, and enlivened by personal details and well-chosen quotations.'William Doyle, THE TLS 'A thoughtful and incisive essay.'Frank McLynn, THE INDEPENDENT 'Written with his customary verve and certainty, Johnson's book is therefore a moral as well as a narrative work.'Andrew Roberts, THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'It's hard to imagine so erudite, fluent and refreshing a writer as PaulJohnson ever producing a dull book and he certainly has not done so in this latest contribution to the vast literature on Napoleon.'Conrad Black, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH OPEN BOOK (BBC Radio 4) reviewed the book on 14 July and there wa

Book Description:

A short and vivid biography, which deconstructs the Napoleonic myth and reveals the reality of his rule.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0670030783
• ISBN 13: 9780670030781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 190