Napoleon Biography

The most celebrated general in history, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) has for centuries attracted eminent male writers. Since Thomas Carlyle first christened him “our last Great Man”, regiments of biographers have marched across the same territory, weighing campaigns and conflicts, military tactics and power politics. With Napoleon, Ruth Scurr, one of our most eloquent and original historians, emphatically rejects the shibboleth of the “Great Man” theory of history, instead following the dramatic trajectory of Napoleon’s life through gardens, parks, and forests.

Discover the lives and legacies of some of history’s most famous conquerors. History has no shortage of great kings and military leaders, but few rose to the power and prominence of the men in this biography bundle. Their legacies are far-reaching, forming entire empires and drastically altering the path of human civilization. Now, this biography examines the lives of three of the world’s most famous conquerors.

Here is Henrietta Marshall's entertaining biography of this larger than life personality. She takes us through Napoleon's colorful life, from military campaigns to his solitary end on Elba.

In the wake of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France, and Pope Pius VII shared a common goal: to reconcile the church with the state. But while they were able to work together initially, formalizing an agreement in 1801, relations between them rapidly deteriorated. In 1809, Napoleon ordered the Pope's arrest. Ambrogio Caiani provides a pioneering account of the tempestuous relationship between the emperor and his most unyielding opponent.

After his surrender to the Royal Navy, Napoleon became the object of massive English public interest. He would live out his last years on the island of St. Helena without ever admitting to being a prisoner. This close study of Napoleon in captivity attempts to reconstruct an authentic portrait of the fallen emperor by examining contemporary documents and records of public opinion.

Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

John Kincaid served as an officer in the Rifles serving under Wellington through the Peninsular War. In this memoir John relates anecdotes and stories about his time marching under the flag of the 95th regiment.

In 1917, a band of communist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace of Tsar Nicholas II - a dramatic and explosive act marking that Vladimir Lenin’s communist revolution was now underway. But Lenin would not be satisfied with overthrowing the Tsar. His goal was a global revolt that would topple all Western capitalist regimes - starting with the British Empire. Russian Roulette tells the spectacular and harrowing story of the British spies in revolutionary Russia and their mission to stop Lenin’s red tide from washing across the free world.

In 1787, Lucia, the beautiful 16-year-old daughter of a prominent Venetian statesman, is married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the most powerful Venetian families. But their life as a golden couple will be suddenly transformed when Venice falls to Bonaparte.

Lost in history, this story – filled with aspirations, the desire to prove oneself, and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds – brings the life of Louis-Napoleon, the great-nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and the son of Emperor Napoleon III, back into the limelight.

หนังสือที่เป็นบทสรุปหลายๆ อย่างในบั้นปลายชีวิตของ คร. นโปเลียน ฮิลล์ บางอย่างเป็นการแก้ไขความเข้าใจที่คลาดเคลื่อนของคนหลายๆ คน ต่อคุณภาพของชีวิตที่แท้จริง รวมทั้งคำอธิบายเพิ่มเติมและสมบูรณ์ ต่อหนังสือ "คิดแล้วรวย" ที่โด่งดัง และขายดีที่สุดของท่าน รวมทั้ง ประสบการณ์ที่น่าพิศวงที่สุดครั้งหนึ่งในชีวิตของ คร. นโปเลียน ฮิลล์ ที่ ไม่เคยเปิดเผยในที่ใดมาก่อน

Una casualidad hace que la isla de Córcega cambie de poseedor, años antes del nacimiento de uno de los genios militares más grandes que ha conocido la humanidad, y así se definiría la patria del francés Napoleón Bonaparte. Culto, ambicioso, exitoso, y ególatra durante gran parte de su vida, supo llevar sus campañas militares al éxito hasta casi conquistar toda Europa y, cómo no, coronarse emperador.

¡DESCUBRA LAS HISTORIA DE VIDA UN HOMBREQUE CAMBIó LA HISTORIA DE LA HUMANIDAD! Este libro nos permite conocer la vida e hitos de Napoleón, una de las personalidades más relevantes de la historia, tanto de Occidente como de Oriente. Conozca quien era, la época en que vivía, los momentos más relevantes de su vida y como impactó en el resto de la civilización.

Though Napoleon’s unquenchable thirst for military adventurism eventually cost him both his throne and his freedom during the Napoleonic Wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the French emperor was not easily defeated even when most of Europe's nations united against him. In 1812, Napoleon's Russian adventure gutted his veteran army, depriving him of the majority of his finest and most loyal soldiers. Those who remained formed the hard core of his new armies, but the Russian fiasco damaged their health and embittered their previously unquestioning loyalty.

Napoleón. La obsesión por el poder describe la vida de este singular personaje de espíritu guerrero, visionario y hábil en el arte de la guerra, que logró tener a media Europa a sus pies y se autoproclamó emperador de Francia. Hablar de Napoleón Bonaparte es hablar de un hombre ambicioso, poderoso y contradictorio que se ha convertido en una de las figuras más controversiales de la historia.

Napoleon III., Neffe von Bonaparte und letzter französischer Kaiser: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Depuis Louis XV, aucun chef d’état n’a gouverné aussi longuement la France que Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, président de la République de 1848 à 1852 et empereur de 1852 à 1870. Et pourtant, durant des décennies, il n’a guère eu les faveurs du public ni celles des historiens, rebutés par le coup d’état de décembre 1851 et par la défaite de 1870 contre la Prusse. Un tel passif explique pour une bonne part que le neveu de Napoléon Ier a été rejeté, moqué et détesté, tout en restant méconnu.

Ein schwäbischer Maurer, ein Dorfschullehrer aus dem Hunsrück, ein Barbier aus der Pfalz: Soldaten unterschiedlichster Herkunft kämpften in den Napoleonischen Kriegen für die politischen Ziele des französischen Kaisers. Wie erlebten sie den Krieg? Karl J. Mayer gibt in diesem Hörbuch den einfachen Soldaten Stimme und Gesicht. Aus Tagebüchern und Briefen entsteht ein facettenreiches Bild vom Alltag der gemeinen Soldaten, angereichert mit Hintergrundinformationen zur Ereignisgeschichte der Zeit. Lesefassung des gleichnamigen Buches aus dem Primus Verlag.

This unnamed soldier joined up with Wellington's forces against the wish of his parents, and served right through the Peninsular War and also fought at Waterloo. This book contains his experiences in the field during all that time. He recounts his part in the various battles and the privations the men had to suffer through. FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this Napoleonic memoir.

Behold the Rolling Stones: run-ins with the law, chart-topping successes, and now the World's Greatest Continually Operating Rock and Roll Band. 50 Licks tells the story of the Stones, right from its very origins. On July 12, 1962, London's Marquee Club debuted a new act, a blues-inflected rock band named after a Muddy Waters song-the Rolling Stones. They were a hard-edged band with a flair for the dramatic, styling themselves as the devil's answer to the sainted Beatles.