Napoleon

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This magnificent reconstruction of Napoleon’s life and legend, written by a distinguished Oxford scholar, is based on intimate documents—including the personal letters of Marie-Louise and the decoded diaries of Grand Marshal Bertrand, who accompanied Napoleon to his final exile on St. Helena. It has been hailed as the most important single-volume work in Napoleonic literature.

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Overview

This magnificent reconstruction of Napoleon’s life and legend, written by a distinguished Oxford scholar, is based on intimate documents—including the personal letters of Marie-Louise and the decoded diaries of Grand Marshal Bertrand, who accompanied Napoleon to his final exile on St. Helena. It has been hailed as the most important single-volume work in Napoleonic literature.

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Editorial Reviews

J. H. Plumb
Markham's erudition is extensive; he makes full use of recent discovery of manuscript material, and he writes with admirable judgment about a character who has been misjudged consistently by historians.
— J.H. Plumb, The Saturday Review
James Powers
The university lecture in History at Oxford has approached the impossible; he has written a new life of one of the most written-about figures in modern history with freshness, vivacity, fine scholarship and penetration.
— James Powers, Boston Globe
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780451531650
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 9/7/2010
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • Sales rank: 429,298
  • Product dimensions: 4.10 (w) x 6.80 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Felix Markham (1908–92) was born in Brighton, England. After graduating from Oxford, he taught history there for some forty years. Among his books are Napoleon and the Awakening of Europe and The Bonapartes. He was also the editor and translator of such works as Henri Comte de Saint-Simon, 1760–1825: Selected Writings.
 
Steven Englund took a doctorate from Princeton after studying at Cambridge. He has taught at UCLA, the UniversitĂ© de Paris VIII, Sciences Po, l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, and is now Distinguished NYU Professor at the American University of Paris. His books or coauthorships include The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930–1960 and Napoleon: A Political Life, which was winner of the History Grand Prix of the Fondation NapolĂ©on as well as the J. Russell Major Prize (for best book in English on French History, 2004) of the American Historical Association. Among the publications he contributes to are La Revue des Deux Mondes, Le Monde, La Revue d’Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine, Commonweal, and Cross Currents. He was a Guggenheim Fellow from 2005 to 2006.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 12, 2007

    Good Read

    This is a good read, not lengthy nor delving to deeply into the deeper regions of European politics of the French Revolution. It gives an easy time line to follow, highlights the major accomplishments and defeats, as well as providing some decent perspective on Napoleon. I recommend it for anyone who wishes to know more about the greatest general since Alexander.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 21, 2005

    L'esta Ceist Moi!

    I read this book in 1991. I was utterly enthralled by it. It is an excellent introduction to the world of L'emperor. It was very lucid, vivid, and dramatic, much like Napoleon would have imagined his own life.I was profoundly impacted by the drive of his idealism. Of great humor is the interaction between Napoleon the great terror of Europe and a teenage girl he finds amusing when he is finally banished forever to the island of St. Helena off the African Continent.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 13, 2000

    Amazing Book

    This was definitely the best of many biography's of Napoleon I have read. I would recommend it to anybody, as it is complete, original, informative, and interesting.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 19, 1999

    Worth reading

    A good account of one of history's greatest men. Good illustrations, although the maps could have been better. It is an inexpensive edition and not too long. It's worth the money.

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