The Resource Napoleon : life, legacy, and image : a biography, Alan Forrest
Napoleon : life, legacy, and image : a biography, Alan Forrest
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- Summary
- On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. The return of their long-dead Emperor's corpse from the Island of St. Helena was a moment that Paris had eagerly awaited, though many feared that the memories stirred would serve to further destabilize a country that had struggled for order and direction since he had been sent into exile. In this book, the author tells the story of how the son of a Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe, a man whose charisma and legacy endured after his lonely death many thousands of miles from the country whose fate had become so entwined with his own. Along the way, the author also cuts away the many layers of myth and counter myth that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who mixed history and legend promiscuously and, drawing on original research and his own background in French history, demonstrates that Napoleon was as much a product of his times as their creator
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xii, 403 pages
- Note
- Originally published: London : Quercus, 2011
- Contents
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- Paris, 1840
- Corsican beginnings
- Son of the revolution
- Bonaparte in Italy
- Lure of the orient
- First consul
- From consulate to empire
- Quest for glory
- A vision of civil society
- The reinvention of monarchy
- From the peninsula to Leipzig
- The hundred days
- Years of exile
- Life after death
- Isbn
- 9781250018151
- Label
- Napoleon : life, legacy, and image : a biography
- Title
- Napoleon
- Title remainder
- life, legacy, and image : a biography
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Forrest
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Empereurs -- France -- Biographies
- Emperors
- Emperors -- France -- Biography
- France
- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1815
- France -- History -- 1789-1815
- 1789-1815
- Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815
- History
- Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleon, I., Frankreich, Kaiser, 1769-1821
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- Frankrike -- historia -- 1789-1815
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. The return of their long-dead Emperor's corpse from the Island of St. Helena was a moment that Paris had eagerly awaited, though many feared that the memories stirred would serve to further destabilize a country that had struggled for order and direction since he had been sent into exile. In this book, the author tells the story of how the son of a Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe, a man whose charisma and legacy endured after his lonely death many thousands of miles from the country whose fate had become so entwined with his own. Along the way, the author also cuts away the many layers of myth and counter myth that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who mixed history and legend promiscuously and, drawing on original research and his own background in French history, demonstrates that Napoleon was as much a product of his times as their creator
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Forrest, Alan I
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- 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
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- Empereurs
- France
- Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815
- Emperors
- France
- Frankrike
- Label
- Napoleon : life, legacy, and image : a biography, Alan Forrest
- Note
- Originally published: London : Quercus, 2011
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-385) 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
- Paris, 1840 -- Corsican beginnings -- Son of the revolution -- Bonaparte in Italy -- Lure of the orient -- First consul -- From consulate to empire -- Quest for glory -- A vision of civil society -- The reinvention of monarchy -- From the peninsula to Leipzig -- The hundred days -- Years of exile -- Life after death
- Control code
- 778422052
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xii, 403 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250018151
- Lccn
- 2012035209
- 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 physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)778422052
- Label
- Napoleon : life, legacy, and image : a biography, Alan Forrest
- Note
- Originally published: London : Quercus, 2011
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-385) 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
- Paris, 1840 -- Corsican beginnings -- Son of the revolution -- Bonaparte in Italy -- Lure of the orient -- First consul -- From consulate to empire -- Quest for glory -- A vision of civil society -- The reinvention of monarchy -- From the peninsula to Leipzig -- The hundred days -- Years of exile -- Life after death
- Control code
- 778422052
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xii, 403 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250018151
- Lccn
- 2012035209
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 651, 655
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)778422052
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Empereurs -- France -- Biographies
- Emperors
- Emperors -- France -- Biography
- France
- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1815
- France -- History -- 1789-1815
- 1789-1815
- Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815
- History
- Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleon, I., Frankreich, Kaiser, 1769-1821
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- Frankrike -- historia -- 1789-1815
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