Napoleon in 100 Objects

Napoleon in 100 Objects
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Publisher : Frontline Books
Total Pages : 559
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ISBN-10 : 9781526731371
ISBN-13 : 1526731371
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Book Synopsis Napoleon in 100 Objects by : Gareth Glover

Download or read book Napoleon in 100 Objects written by Gareth Glover and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Takes a look at the life of Napoleon Bonaparte through using 100 objects . . . an entertaining method of presenting a biography.” —Battles and Book Reviews For almost two decades, Napoleon Bonaparte was the most feared, and revered, man in Europe. At the height of his power, the land under his control stretched from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, and encompassed most of Western Europe. The story of how a young Corsican, who spoke French with a strange accent, became Emperor of the French at the age of just thirty-three is a remarkable one. The many fascinating objects brought together in this book detail not only Napoleon’s meteoric rise to power, but also his art of war and that magnificent fighting force, the Imperial Guard, which grew from a small personal bodyguard to the size of a small army. Some of his great battles, such as Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena and Wagram, are also explored, as is his exile and ultimate defeat at Waterloo. In this engaging and hugely informative book, the author takes us on a journey across Napoleonic Europe to discover the places, people and objects that tell the story of one man’s life. It is a story of one of the most turbulent eras in history, one that, to this day, still bears Bonaparte’s name. But his legacy lives on in the French legal and social systems and he remains as enigmatic a figure today as he did 200 years ago. “An amazing collection of objects that aid our understanding of the man who wanted to rule the world.” —Books Monthly


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