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Synopsis: Brilliantly recreating the life of the notorious emperor, a riveting biography documents Napoleon's illustrious career, from his Corsican roots through the French Revolution and his military victories, to his defeat and imprisonment, revealing a great, yet deeply flawed, man. 30,000 first printing.
Review: Napoleon Bonaparte was a bully, rude and insulting. Women did not like him. But even so, writes Frank McLynn, "he had an amazing ability to sway other men to his purposes," which earned him one of the greatest empires Europe had ever known. McLynn, a noted biographer of difficult personalities, gives us a many-sided Napoleon: the shrewd strategist, the intolerant prude, the scrappy fighter, the charismatic leader, the sadist. ("He liked to strike people of both sexes, to slap them, pull their hair, pinch their ears and tweak their noses.") He nonetheless managed to extend French rule to the gates of Moscow. Why, then, was he so resoundingly defeated? McLynn argues that, among other things, Napoleon was not ruthless enough in dealing with the "endless list of ingrates" that surrounded him.
McLynn's book has several virtues, and readers interested in Napoleon's brief but brilliant career will want to have a look. --Gregory McNamee
Title: Napoleon: A Biography
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
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Book Description hardcover. Condition: Good. Brilliantly recreating the life of the notorious emperor a riveting biography documents Napoleons illustrious career from his Corsican roots through the French Revolution and his military victories to his defeat and imprisonment revealing a great yet deeply flawed man 30000 first printing. Seller Inventory # SONG1559706317
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. HEAVY. 739 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates, index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. This biography is unique in that the author's 'perceptive analysis of both the personalities around Napoleon and the events of his spectacular career'. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 019470