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Napoleon: A Concise Biography
Mr David Bell
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Description for Napoleon: A Concise Biography
Hardback. This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while setting him firmly against the backdrop of the French Revolution of 1789. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. .
This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while situating him firmly in historical context. David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility - for both good and ill - that Napoleon represented. By his late twenties, Napoleon was already one of the greatest generals in European history. At thirty, he had become absolute master of Europe's most powerful country. In his early forties, he ruled a European empire more powerful than any since Rome, fighting wars that changed the shape of the continent and ... Read more
This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while situating him firmly in historical context. David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility - for both good and ill - that Napoleon represented. By his late twenties, Napoleon was already one of the greatest generals in European history. At thirty, he had become absolute master of Europe's most powerful country. In his early forties, he ruled a European empire more powerful than any since Rome, fighting wars that changed the shape of the continent and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190262716
SKU
V9780190262716
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About Mr David Bell
David A. Bell is the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Department of History at Princeton. Born in New York, educated at Harvard, Princeton and the Ecole Normale Superieure, he previously taught at Yale and Johns Hopkins, where he also served as Dean of Faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Reviews for Napoleon: A Concise Biography
It is entertaining to read and discusses the important events and developments surrounding Napoleons reign.
Michael J. Hughes, European History Quarterly
A very concise, but very illuminating history of one of the world's greatest generals.
Steve Craggs, Northern Echo
There are plenty of big lives of Napoleon, and the last few years have seen the appearance ... Read more
Michael J. Hughes, European History Quarterly
A very concise, but very illuminating history of one of the world's greatest generals.
Steve Craggs, Northern Echo
There are plenty of big lives of Napoleon, and the last few years have seen the appearance ... Read more