This outstandingly vivid and accessible book, written by one of Britain's leading historians, provides the essential overview of Napoleon's career. Beginning in revolutionary France with a brilliant young Lieutenant who still styled himself Napoleone di Buonaparte, Holmes examines every facet of his subject's military career: his astonishing victories at the Battle of the Pyramids, Marengo, Jena and Austerlitz, through to defeat and exile under the immense weight of the great powers who were determined to stop the man who would be emperor of Europe.
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Includes rare illustrations and documents of historic importance.
Introduction: The Age of Napoleon The Revolutionary Background The Making of a Reputation Artillery The Italian Campaign Infantry Egypt and Syria Brumaire and Marengo Ruler and Lawgiver Ulm and Austerlitz War at Sea Napoleon's Art of War The Jena Campaign Grande Armee Berlin to Tilsit Cavalry Napoleon in Spain Napoleon's Family The Wagram Campaign The Spanish Ulcer 1809-11 The Imperial Court The War of 1812 Russia: The Niemen to Moscow Russia: Fire and Snow Military Medicine The Spanish Ulcer 1812-14 The Home Front: Napoleonic France The Battle of the Nations Napoleon's Greatest Adversaries The Champagne Campaign The Congress of Vienna The Hundred Days: Return and Attack The Imperial Guard The Hundred Days: Waterloo Imperial Twilight: St Helena Napoleon's Legacy.
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This compact format allows this thrilling historical account to be succinct, affordable, and accessible for a wide audience.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780233005942
Publisert
2019-08-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Welbeck
Vekt
180 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144

Biographical note

Richard Holmes was one of the UK's leading military historians. As well as being the General Editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History, he presented several documentary series for the BBC. His books include The First World War in Photographs, The Second World War in Photographs, D-Day Remembered, as well as Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front and Wellington: The Iron Duke and Redcoat.