Il lavoro di Philip Dwyer esplora principalmente la storia europea del XVIII secolo, con un focus particolare sull'era napoleonica. La sua ricerca approfondisce le figure e gli eventi cruciali di questo periodo, offrendo profonde intuizioni sulle forze politiche e sociali che lo hanno plasmato. La scrittura di Dwyer è caratterizzata da una ricerca meticolosa e da una narrazione avvincente che dà vita al passato per i lettori contemporanei. Attraverso i suoi studi approfonditi, illumina le dinamiche degli imperi e la natura del potere.
This second volume of Philip Dwyer's biography sheds further fresh light on one of the great figures of modern history. After a meteoric rise, a military-political coup in 1799 established Napoleon Bonaparte in government, aged just 30. It is meticulously researched and examines the man in power, from his brooding obsessions and capacity for violence, to his ability to inspire others and realise his visionary ideas.
Originally published: London: Bloomsbury, 2007.
'Vibrant and illuminating ... [Dywer] tells a fascinating tale' The Times 'Refreshing scholarship ... Energetic, readable and filled with colourful detail ... Napoleon: Passion, Death and Resurrection is a thoroughly enjoyable book which divides well the reality of exile from the legend that sprang from it' Literary Review This meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner on the island of St Helena. This may have been a great fall from power, but Napoleon still held immense attraction. Every day, huge crowds would gather on the far shore in the hope of catching a glimpse of him. Philip Dwyer closes his ambitious trilogy exploring Napoleon's life, legacy and myth by moving from those first months of imprisonment, through the years of exile, up to death and then beyond, examining how the foundations of legend that had been laid by Napoleon during his lifetime continued to be built upon by his followers. This is a fitting and authoritative end to a definitive work.
The second of a two-volume sequence on the history of Prussia in modern times, this collection covers the unification of Germany around the state of Prussia, Prussia's fortunes in the imperial period (1870-1918), and Prussia under the Third Reich.
Violence is part and parcel of both human history and nature. It is the one thing that all cultures and societies share in common. This book considers violence in the modern world, examining the ideas underpinning it, and the cultural context for violence over the last two centuries. It also asks if we are becoming more or less violent.