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The age of Napoleon / Alistair Horne.

by Horne, Alistair.

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Modern Library, 2004.

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Emperors -- France -- Biography

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

Europe -- History -- 1789-1815

Modern Library chronicles ; 16

1588363643 (alk. paper)

Modern Library ed.

xvi, 218 p. : 1 map ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-200) and index.

"The age of Napoleon transformed Europe, laying the foundations for the modern world...Born into poverty on the remote island of Corsica, he rose to prominence in the turbulent years following the French Revolution, when most of Europe was arrayed against France. Through a string of brilliant and improbable victories (gained as much through his remarkable ability to inspire his troops as through his military genius), Napoleon brought about a triumphant peace that made him the idol of France and, later, its absolute ruler. Heir to the Revolution, Napoleon himself was not a revolutionary; rather he was a reformer and a modernizer, both liberator and autocrat"--Flyleaf.

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