| Edition |
First Mariner Books edition. |
| Description |
478 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The American Heritage library |
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American Heritage library.
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| Note |
Originally published: The Horizon book of the age of Napoleon: 1963. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Hero for an Age -- The Rise to Power -- Ideas in Conflict -- From Consul to Caesar -- The Conquest of Europe -- The Spanish Ordeal -- Resolute Britain -- The Road to Tyranny -- The Colonial World -- The Russian Nemesis -- The Last Gamble -- Legacy and Legend. |
| Summary |
"The Age of Napoleon is the biography of an enigmatic and legendary personality as well as the portrait of an entire age. J. Christopher Herold tells the fascinating story of the Napoleonic world in all its aspects -- political, cultural, military, commercial, and social. Napoleon's rise from common origins to enormous political and military power, as well as his ultimate defeat, influenced our modern age in thousands of ways, from the map of Europe to the metric system, from styles of dress and dictators to new conventions of personal behavior." -- Book cover. |
| Subject |
France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
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| Added Title |
Horizon book of the age of Napoleon
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| ISBN |
0618154612 |
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9780618154616 |
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