Author: | Patrice Gueniffey | ISBN: | 9780674426016 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 13, 2015 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Patrice Gueniffey |
ISBN: | 9780674426016 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | April 13, 2015 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
Patrice Gueniffey, the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, from his boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802.
Patrice Gueniffey, the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, from his boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802.