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Napoleon: The Path to Power

By Philip Dwyer

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0300151322, 9780300151329
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (8462047 bytes)
Pages
672\0
Time added
2015-03-16 13:08:13

Description

Napoleon Bonapartes rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character ambiguous and his intentions often ill-defined. He was, however, highly ambitious, and it was this ruthless drive that advanced his career. This book examines the extraordinary evolution of Napoleons character and the means by which at the age of thirty he became head of the most powerful country in Europe and skilfully fashioned the image of himself that laid the foundation of the legend that endures to this day.

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