NAPOLEON: An Intimate Account of the Years of Supremacy 1800-1814

Jones, Proctor Patterson

Published by Proctor Jones Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA, 1992

About this Item

This luxurious, elegant volume is a Napoleonic museum within covers. Its pages are filled with hundreds of paintings, engravings, maps, and reproductions of original letters covering Napoleon's career as soldier, lover, and imperial head of state. "Napoleon: An Intimate Account of the Years os Supremacy 1800-1814," provides an intimate record of the life of one of the most influential men in world history. Whether you think of Napoleon as a military dictator or as the inventor of the Napoleonic Code, his story, from Corcican soldier to French Emperor to exile, remains one of the great sagas of the Western world. His passage through history left Paris with public libraries, schools, markets, water mains, theaters, and an efficient postal system. To France he gave a code of laws, a commercial transport system, and a new system of roads and numbering for street addresses. This is a unique book, an invaluable and visulally stunning contribution to the literature of the legendary Napoleon Bonaparte. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of color and black & white illustrations. As new oversized hardcover in a as new, mylar covered, dust jacket. Gift quality. Due to this book size and weight (6 lbs 12 oz.)., additional shipping may be needed. The pictures on the listing page are of the actual book for sale, NOT stock photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NAPOLEON: An Intimate Account of the Years of Supremacy 1800-1814
• Publisher: Proctor Jones Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New