Napoleon: A Concise Biography

TitleNapoleon: A Concise Biography
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsBell, David A.
Number of Pages152
PublisherOxford University Press
CityOxford
Abstract

This book provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, 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 brought death to millions. Then everything collapsed, leading him to spend his last years in miserable exile in the South Atlantic. Bell emphasizes the importance of the French Revolution in understanding Napoleon's career...  Though his virtual dictatorship betrayed the ideals of liberty and equality, his life and career were revolutionary.

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