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The Conversation
Jean D'Ormesson
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Description for The Conversation
Hardcover. Several years after the French Revolution, in the winter of 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte has to make a crucial decision whether to keep the ideals of the new France alive or to elevate the country into a power base by making it an empire and becoming emperor. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Several years after the French Revolution, in the winter of 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte has to make a crucial decision: to keep the main ideals of the new France alive or to elevate the country into a powerful base by making it an empire and becoming emperor.
One evening at the Tuileries Residence in Paris, Second Consul Jean-Jacques Cambacérès, a brilliant law scholar and close ally, listens as Napoleon struggles to determine what will be best for a country much weakened by ten years of wars and revolutions. Torn between his revolutionary ideals and his overwhelming longing for power, ... Read more
Several years after the French Revolution, in the winter of 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte has to make a crucial decision: to keep the main ideals of the new France alive or to elevate the country into a powerful base by making it an empire and becoming emperor.
One evening at the Tuileries Residence in Paris, Second Consul Jean-Jacques Cambacérès, a brilliant law scholar and close ally, listens as Napoleon struggles to determine what will be best for a country much weakened by ten years of wars and revolutions. Torn between his revolutionary ideals and his overwhelming longing for power, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781611459050
SKU
V9781611459050
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About Jean D'Ormesson
Jean d'Ormesson is the author of more than fifteen books, has a PhD in philosophy, graduated from the Ecole Normale, and is a distinguished member of the Academie Francaise. He lives in Paris.
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