The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
Robert Asprey charts Napoleon's thrilling, reckless rise to power in this fast-paced first volume of the definitive biography of the fascinating, enigmatic, and still mysterious tragic conqueror.
Robert Asprey charts Napoleon's thrilling, reckless rise to power in this fast-paced first volume of the definitive biography of the fascinating, enigmatic, and still mysterious tragic conqueror.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780465048816 (0465048811)
Publish date: October 4th 2001
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
This was a highly readable book about one of the most extraordinary figures ever to bestride the world stage. The chapters were well-structured, not overly weighty nor too long as some books about Napoleon can be. Here the reader sees how Napoleon rose from modest means in Corsica to studies at B...