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The Last Days of Napoleon s Empire
Author | : Henry Lachouque |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : UOM:39015009198394 |
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The last days of the emperor Napoleon
Author | : Francesco Antommarchi |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : 1825 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OXFORD:600002006 |
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Terrible Exile
Author | : Brian Unwin |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2010-02-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780857717337 |
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At its height, the Napoleonic Empire spanned much of mainland Europe. Feted and feared by millions of citizens, Napoleon was the most powerful and famous man of his age. But following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo the future of the one-time Emperor of France seemed irredeemably bleak. How did the brilliant tactician cope with being at the mercy of his captors? How did he react to a life in exile on St Helena - and how did the other inhabitants of that isolated and impregnable island respond to his presence there? And what tactics did he develop to preserve his legacy in such drastically reduced circumstances? Tracing events from the dramatic defeat at Waterloo to his death six years later, this is the first modern comprehensive account of the last phase of Napoleon's life. Drawing on many previously overlooked journals and letters, Brian Unwin has pieced together a remarkably vivid account of Napoleon's final years which also offers fresh insights into the character of this giant of European history. Through his initial flight from the battlefield and his journey into exile on St Helena, Napoleon refused to accept that he would not be allowed to return to somewhere in Europe or even America. He railed against every aspect of his imprisonment and conspired to make life as difficult as possible for his unfortunate jailer, Hudson Lowe, whose impossible situation is sympathetically described here. Confined with him in the damp and confined Longwood House, life was also uncomfortable for those loyal companions who chose to journey with him into exile. Unsurprisingly for such a man of action, Napoleon bitterly resented being under constant supervision when he ventured outside his house and suffered acutely from boredom as much as from his physical ailments. Contrary to the strict wishes of the English he refused to accept any diminution in his status: 'Je ne suis pas le General Bonaparte, je suis L'Empereur Napoleon.' But gradually Napoleon came to think less about escape and more about how he would be remembered by future generations, spending hour after hour dictating the story of his campaigns to Count Las Cases, the companion who had travelled with him chiefly to act as his amanuensis. Terrible Exile brilliantly evokes the claustrophobic atmosphere of life on St Helena, offering a colourful and original history of the period as well as a persuasive psychological portrait of a great man in reduced circumstances. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Napoleonic history and is an important addition to our understanding of the subject.
The last days of Napoleon
Author | : F. Antommarchi |
Publsiher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 709 |
Release | : 1826 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9785874547394 |
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The Hundred Days Aubrey Maturin Book 19
Author | : Patrick O’Brian |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2011-12-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780007429448 |
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Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.
The Last Days of Napoleon
Author | : François Antonmarchi |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1826 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105010381866 |
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The Last Days of the Emperor Napoleon
Author | : Francesco Antommarchi |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1825 |
Genre | : Botany |
ISBN | : BL:A0023568484 |
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Napoleon and the Hundred Days
Author | : Stephen Coote |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : WISC:89081652646 |
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In Vienna, 1815, as the political aristocrats of Europe assembled to determine the fate of the continent after the wars of the last twenty years, the news arrives that Napoleon has returned to France. Bonaparte -- the revolutionary turned emperor and 'disturber of the world's peace' -- had been defeated and exiled to Elba, but now he is fast advancing on Paris, gathering troops and taking cities without firing a single shot. Europe's peace is not to last. NAPOLEON AND THE HUNDRED DAYS brilliantly re-lives the rise and fall of Bonaparte's empire, and brings to life the characters who shaped it: Wellington, the Iron Duke; Napoleon's great love, Josephine; the duplicitous Tallyrand, his erstwhile foreign secretary; and, of course, Napoleon himself. Showing where the mistakes were made and how the path to war became inexorable, it culminates in a virtuoso description of the Battle of Waterloo itself. Displaying his customary blend of historian's and novelist's eye, Stephen Coote paints a vivid portrait of the legendary emperor and military genius, whose energy, courage and tenacity won -- and lost -- him a vast empire.