Name: Napoleon the Great
SKU: 47060977
Price: 15.63 EUR
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Author: Roberts Andrew
ISBN: 9780141032016

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Physical Book

Author

Andrew Roberts

Publisher

Penguin Uk

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

976

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780141032016

Edition No.

Napoleon the Great

Andrew Roberts (Author) · Penguin Uk · Paperback

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Synopsis "Napoleon the Great "

A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Simply dynamite' Bernard CornwellFrom Andrew Roberts, author of the bestsellers The Storm of War and Churchill: Walking with Destiny, this is the definitive modern biography of Napoleon.Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just twenty years, from October 1795 when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. After seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. In a series of dazzling battles he reinvented the art of warfare; in peace, he completely remade the laws of France, modernised her systems of education and administration, and presided over a flourishing of the beautiful 'Empire style' in the arts. The impossibility of defeating his most persistent enemy, Great Britain, led him to make draining and ultimately fatal expeditions into Spain and Russia, where half a million Frenchmen died and his Empire began to unravel.

Andrew Roberts

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Andrew Roberts, born on January 13, 1963, is a prominent British historian, journalist, and author, known for his works on military and political history. A member of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Society of Arts, and the International Napoleonic Society, Roberts has written bestsellers such as The Storm of War, Napoleon and Wellington, Masters and Commanders, Hitler and Churchill: The Secrets of Leadership, and Waterloo. His biography Napoleon: A Life (2016) won the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon and the Los Angeles Times Biography Prize, establishing him as one of the leading experts on Napoleon. He has also received prestigious awards such as the Wolfson History Prize and the British Army Military Book of the Year.

Roberts is also a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and has presented several documentaries, including one based on his book Napoleon: A Life. His ability to combine historical rigor with accessible narrative has made him an influential voice in historical dissemination. As an honorary fellow of the International Churchill Society, his work on Winston Churchill has also been widely praised.

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