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A short and vivid biography, which deconstructs the Napoleonic myth and reveals the reality of his rule. Written with great wit and panache, this biography also has a serious purpose: to make us face up to the moral bankruptcy of Napoleon�s dictatorship. Johnson tells the whole story: his astonishing gift for figures and calculation, his mastery of cannon; his audacious, hyperactive and aggressive generalship and his simple battle tactics; his complete control of propaganda and the success of the cultural presentation of the Empire; the Code Napoleon; his failure as an international statesman, as Europe grew to hate him; his marshals and ministers; his wives, mistresses, personal style and working methods; the British blockade and the Continental System; the mistakes in Spain and Russia. The escape from Elba, the events leading up to Waterloo and the battle itself, which gets a full treatment, is particularly riveting.
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Napoleon, Paul Johnson
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2003
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- Titel
- Napoleon
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Paul Johnson
- Uitgever
- Phoenix
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2003
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 224
- ISBN10
- 1842126504
- ISBN13
- 9781842126509
- Reeks
- Penguin Lives
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Historisch thema, Geschiedenis, Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Autobiografie en memoires, Militaire Geschiedenis, Frankrijk, Oorlogen, Persoonlijkheden, Napoleon Bonaparte, Keizer, 1769–1821, Napoleontische Oorlogen, 18e-19e Eeuw, Napoleons Grote Leger
- Eerste editie
- 2002
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Napoleon: A Life
- Beoordeling
- 3,65 van 5
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- A short and vivid biography, which deconstructs the Napoleonic myth and reveals the reality of his rule. Written with great wit and panache, this biography also has a serious purpose: to make us face up to the moral bankruptcy of Napoleon�s dictatorship. Johnson tells the whole story: his astonishing gift for figures and calculation, his mastery of cannon; his audacious, hyperactive and aggressive generalship and his simple battle tactics; his complete control of propaganda and the success of the cultural presentation of the Empire; the Code Napoleon; his failure as an international statesman, as Europe grew to hate him; his marshals and ministers; his wives, mistresses, personal style and working methods; the British blockade and the Continental System; the mistakes in Spain and Russia. The escape from Elba, the events leading up to Waterloo and the battle itself, which gets a full treatment, is particularly riveting.