The Resource Napoleon : a life, Andrew Roberts
Napoleon : a life, Andrew Roberts
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- Summary
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- Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times. Andrew Roberts's Napoleon is the first one-volume 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. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine. Like Churchill, he understood the strategic importance of telling his own story, and his memoirs, dictated from exile on St. Helena, became the single bestselling book of the nineteenth century. An award-winning historian, Roberts traveled to fifty-three of Napoleon's sixty battle sites, discovered crucial new documents in archives, and even made the long trip by boat to St. Helena. He is as acute in his understanding of politics as he is of military history. Here at last is a biography worthy of its subject: magisterial, insightful, beautifully written, by one of our foremost historians. - https://www.andrew-roberts.net/books/napoleon-a-life/
- " ... 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xli, 926 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Egypt
- Acre
- Brumaire
- Mastery.
- Consul
- Marengo
- Lawgiver
- Plots
- Amiens
- Coronation
- Introduction
- Austerlitz
- Jena
- Blockades
- Tilsit
- Iberia
- Wagram
- Zenith
- Denouement.
- Russia
- Trapped
- Rise.
- Retreat
- Resilience
- Leipzig
- Defiance
- Elba
- Waterloo
- St Helena
- Corsica
- Revolution
- Desire
- Italy
- Victory
- Peace
- Isbn
- 9780143127857
- Label
- Napoleon : a life
- Title
- Napoleon
- Title remainder
- a life
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Roberts
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Empereurs -- France -- Biographies
- Emperors
- Emperors -- France -- Biography
- France
- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1815
- France -- History -- 1789-1815
- 1789-1815
- Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleon, I., Frankreich, Kaiser, 1769-1821
- Narrative non-fiction
- History
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times. Andrew Roberts's Napoleon is the first one-volume 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. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine. Like Churchill, he understood the strategic importance of telling his own story, and his memoirs, dictated from exile on St. Helena, became the single bestselling book of the nineteenth century. An award-winning historian, Roberts traveled to fifty-three of Napoleon's sixty battle sites, discovered crucial new documents in archives, and even made the long trip by boat to St. Helena. He is as acute in his understanding of politics as he is of military history. Here at last is a biography worthy of its subject: magisterial, insightful, beautifully written, by one of our foremost historians. - https://www.andrew-roberts.net/books/napoleon-a-life/
- " ... 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
- Awards note
- Winner of the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon 2014, Los Angeles Times Biography Prize 2014.
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roberts, Andrew
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Napoleon
- Napoleon
- Napoleon
- Emperors
- France
- France
- Empereurs
- France
- Emperors
- France
- Label
- Napoleon : a life, Andrew Roberts
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 859-888) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Egypt
- Acre
- Brumaire
- Mastery.
- Consul
- Marengo
- Lawgiver
- Plots
- Amiens
- Coronation
- Introduction
- Austerlitz
- Jena
- Blockades
- Tilsit
- Iberia
- Wagram
- Zenith
- Denouement.
- Russia
- Trapped
- Rise.
- Retreat
- Resilience
- Leipzig
- Defiance
- Elba
- Waterloo
- St Helena
- Corsica
- Revolution
- Desire
- Italy
- Victory
- Peace
- Control code
- 870919615
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xli, 926 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143127857
- Lccn
- 2013497791
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 651, 655
- Other control number
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- 99960445875
- 40024237516
- 99963913816
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)870919615
- Label
- Napoleon : a life, Andrew Roberts
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 859-888) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Egypt
- Acre
- Brumaire
- Mastery.
- Consul
- Marengo
- Lawgiver
- Plots
- Amiens
- Coronation
- Introduction
- Austerlitz
- Jena
- Blockades
- Tilsit
- Iberia
- Wagram
- Zenith
- Denouement.
- Russia
- Trapped
- Rise.
- Retreat
- Resilience
- Leipzig
- Defiance
- Elba
- Waterloo
- St Helena
- Corsica
- Revolution
- Desire
- Italy
- Victory
- Peace
- Control code
- 870919615
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xli, 926 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143127857
- Lccn
- 2013497791
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 651, 655
- Other control number
-
- 99960445875
- 40024237516
- 99963913816
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)870919615
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Empereurs -- France -- Biographies
- Emperors
- Emperors -- France -- Biography
- France
- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1815
- France -- History -- 1789-1815
- 1789-1815
- Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleon, I., Frankreich, Kaiser, 1769-1821
- Narrative non-fiction
- History
- Biographies
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