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Roberts, Andrew, 1963-

Napoleon : a life / Andrew Roberts. - xli, 926 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 859-888) and index.

Rise. Corsica ; Revolution ; Desire ; Italy ; Victory ; Peace ; Egypt ; Acre ; Brumaire -- Mastery. Consul ; Marengo ; Lawgiver ; Plots ; Amiens ; Coronation ; Austerlitz ; Jena ; Blockades ; Tilsit ; Iberia ; Wagram ; Zenith -- Denouement. Russia ; Trapped ; Retreat ; Resilience ; Leipzig ; Defiance ; Elba ; Waterloo ; St Helena. Introduction --

" ... The first single-volume, cradle-to-grave biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation"--Jacket.

ISBN: 9780670025329

LCCN: 2013497791

Subjects--Personal Names:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Napoléon I. Frankreich, Kaiser, 1769-1821.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1789-1815

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emperors--France--Biography.
Emperors.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--History--1789-1815.
France.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History
Biography.

LC Class. No.: DC203 / .R678 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 944.05092 B