The Life & Legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte Revolution, Empire, Waterloo, and the Making of Modern European Power
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
812
Maße (L/B/H)
4.2/15.2/22.9 cm
Gewicht
1131 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-3638-7
The Life & Legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte presents Napoleon as soldier, statesman, lawgiver, and imperial myth, tracing the extraordinary passage from revolutionary France to European domination and exile. Sloane's narrative combines political history, military analysis, and biographical portraiture in a lucid, Victorian scholarly style. Written within the nineteenth-century tradition of grand historical biography, the book weighs Napoleon's genius against the institutional and moral consequences of his ambition. William Milligan Sloane was an American historian of France, educated in the rigorous traditions of European archival scholarship and long associated with Princeton and Columbia. His academic formation, linguistic competence, and interest in the French Revolution equipped him to treat Napoleon not merely as a romantic hero or villain, but as the product of revolutionary upheaval, administrative necessity, and continental conflict. This volume is recommended to readers seeking a substantial, interpretive account of Napoleon's life and enduring significance. It will especially reward students of European history, military leadership, and political power who want a learned narrative that balances admiration with critical judgment.
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