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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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- Pubblicato
- 2003
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- Titolo
- Napoleon
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Paul Johnson
- Editore
- Phoenix
- Pubblicato
- 2003
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 224
- ISBN10
- 1842126504
- ISBN13
- 9781842126509
- Serie
- Penguin Lives
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storie vere, Storia, Biografie, Autobiografie e memorie, Storia Militare, Francia, Guerre, Personalità, Napoleone Bonaparte, imperatore, 1769–1821, Guerre Napoleoniche, XVIII-XIX secolo, Grande Armata di Napoleone
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2002
- Titolo originale
- Napoleon: A Life
- Valutazione
- 3,65 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.