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Subject(s)

• Napoleon I Emperor of the French 1769-1821—Influence [Browse]
• Emperors—France—Biography [Browse]
• France—History—Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815 [Browse]
• Europe—History—1789-1815 [Browse]

Series

• Modern Library chronicles ; 16. [More in this series]
• Modern Library chronicles book [More in this series]

Summary note

"Alistair Horne describes the extraordinary climate of ambition and insecurity in which Napoleon's circle lived, and the social upheavals in France and much of Europe, during Napoleon's brilliant but bloody twenty-five-year rule. He concentrates on what everyday life was like: on the lesser known civil, rather than military, aspects of the times."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes

Series no. from spine.

Bibliographic references

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

Contents

• Introduction: The Age of Napoleon
• 1. The Will to Power
• 2. Every Epoch Dreams the Next
• 3. Fortune is a Woman
• 4. In Pursuit of La Gloire
• 5. The Master Builder
• 6. Style by Decree
• 7. The Pleasures of Empire
• 8. The Romantic Image
• 9. Decline
• 10. Cossacks in the Rue Racine
• Epilogue: End of an Age.

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ISBN

• 1588363643 (alk. paper)
• 0679642633

LCCN

2003070629

OCLC

54998996

RCP

C - S

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