End of the Old Order: Napoleon and Europe, 1801-1805

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Perhaps no person in history has dominated his or her own era as much as Napoleon. Despite his small physical stature, the shadow of Napoleon is cast like a colossus, compelling all who would look at that epoch to chart their course by reference to him. For this reason, most historical accounts of the Napoleonic era—and there are many—tell the same Napoleon-dominated...