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Napoleon: A Political Life by Englund, Steven
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- Hardcover
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- Book Title
- Napoleon : a Political Life
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.6 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Europe / France, General, Historical
- Item Weight
- 27.5 Oz
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- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 592 Pages
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This sophisticated and masterful biography, written by a respected French history scholar who has taught courses on Napoleon at the University of Paris, brings new and remarkable analysis to the study of modern history's most famous general and statesman.Since boyhood, Steven Englund has been fascinated by the unique force, personality, and political significance of Napoleon Bonaparte, who, in only a decade and a half, changed the face of Europe forever. InNapoleon: A Political Life, Englund harnesses his early passion and intellectual expertise to create a rich and full interpretation of a brilliant but flawed leader.Napoleon believed that war was a means to an end, not the end itself. With this in mind, Steven Englund focuses on the political, rather than the military or personal, aspects of Napoleon's notorious and celebrated life. Doing so permits him to arrive at some original conclusions. For example, where most biographers see this subject as a Corsican patriot who at first detested France, Englund sees a young officer deeply committed to a political event, idea, and opportunity (the French Revolution) -- not to any specific nationality. Indeed, Englund dissects carefully the political use Napoleon made, both as First Consul and as Emperor of the French, of patriotism, or "nation-talk."As Englund charts Napoleon's dramatic rise and fall -- from his Corsican boyhood, his French education, his astonishing military victories and no less astonishing acts of reform as First Consul (1799-1804) to his controversial record as Emperor and, finally, to his exile and death -- he is at particular pains to explore the unprecedented power Napoleon maintained over the popular imagination. Alone among recent biographers, Englund includes a chapter that analyzes the Napoleonic legend over the course of the past two centuries, down to the present-day French Republic, which has its own profound ambivalences toward this man whom it is afraid to recognize yet cannot avoid.Napoleon: A Political Lifepresents new consideration of Napoleon's adolescent and adult writings, as well as a convincing argument against the recent theory that the Emperor was poisoned at St. Helena. The book also offers an explanation of Napoleon's role as father of the "modern" in politics.What finally emerges from these pages is a vivid and sympathetic portrait that combines youthful enthusiasm and mature scholarly reflection. The result is already regarded by experts as the Napoleonic bicentennial's first major interpretation of this perennial subject.
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Scribner
ISBN-10
0684871424
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9780684871424
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Book Title
Napoleon : a Political Life
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Europe / France, General, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
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1.6 in
Item Weight
27.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
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6 in
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Reviews
Jacques-Olivier BoudonUniversity of Paris-IV (Sorbonne), President of the Institut NapoléonEnglund invites us to take the deepest possible look at Napoleon. He tracks the mystery -- one might say, the genius -- of a man who was adulated and hated by an entire generation of romantics. Yet Englund refuses the romantic vision; he sticks to the facts, which he recounts with a diabolic precision, portraying in incisive strokes the best portraits drawn of the Emperor's colleagues. Far more than just another synthesis, this superb book gives us the following message: If Napoleon was certainly the heir of the Revolution, he is even more the incarnation of the French nation., John Merriman Charles Seymour Professor of History, Yale University, author of A History of Modern Europe Napoleon, whose amazing life, incessant wars, and centralized empire helped shape modern France and influenced modern Europe, continues to fascinate. Steven Englund's new biography of Napoleon is the finest now available, unfailingly informed, elegantly crafted, and invariably compelling., Pierre Sorlin University of Paris-VIII (Saint-Denis) Let me put this bluntly: I have never before read a book that simultaneously impressed me for its scholarly brilliance yet read like a novel. Englund's examination of Napoleon's apolitical politics of la Nation is must reading for historians, yet his opening description of the Emperor's tomb at Les Invalides is worthy of Balzac., Louis BergeronSchool for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (Paris), author of France Under NapoleonWith his acute look from across the Atlantic, and his panoramic knowledge of the literature on the subject, Englund must be read. There is no doubt some predestination present in his writing a book that will definitely remain an epoch-making one., Arno J. Mayer Princeton University, author of The Furies: Violence and Terror in the Russian and French Revolutions This life of Napoleon is constructed magnificently and written with elegance and zest. Englund treats Napoleon as a political general of the epoch of the French Revolution that so profoundly marked both his consciousness and his project. The author has a magisterial command of the most important scholarship on the General on Horseback, but he has the great merit of carrying his erudition lightly., John MerrimanCharles Seymour Professor of History, Yale University, author ofA History of Modern EuropeNapoleon, whose amazing life, incessant wars, and centralized empire helped shape modern France and influenced modern Europe, continues to fascinate. Steven Englund's new biography of Napoleon is the finest now available, unfailingly informed, elegantly crafted, and invariably compelling., Philip G. DwyerUniversity of Newcastle, editor of Napoleon and EuropeSteven Englund's is the best biography of Napoleon to have been written in English in many, many years., Louis Bergeron School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (Paris), author of France Under Napoleon With his acute look from across the Atlantic, and his panoramic knowledge of the literature on the subject, Englund must be read. There is no doubt some predestination present in his writing a book that will definitely remain an epoch-making one., Jack Miles MacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography Two centuries later, Napoleon Bonaparte can still fill us with awe -- at least when we meet him in the company of Steven Englund. An arresting reintroduction to a man about whom, after all, the last word has not been said., Jack MilesMacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A BiographyTwo centuries later, Napoleon Bonaparte can still fill us with awe -- at least when we meet him in the company of Steven Englund. An arresting reintroduction to a man about whom, after all, the last word has not been said., Philip G. Dwyer University of Newcastle, editor of Napoleon and Europe Steven Englund's is the best biography of Napoleon to have been written in English in many, many years., Louis BergeronSchool for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (Paris), author ofFrance Under NapoleonWith his acute look from across the Atlantic, and his panoramic knowledge of the literature on the subject, Englund must be read. There is no doubt some predestination present in his writing a book that will definitely remain an epoch-making one., Jacques-Olivier Boudon University of Paris-IV (Sorbonne), President of the Institut Napol&éon Englund invites us to take the deepest possible look at Napoleon. He tracks the mystery -- one might say, the genius -- of a man who was adulated and hated by an entire generation of romantics. Yet Englund refuses the romantic vision; he sticks to the facts, which he recounts with a diabolic precision, portraying in incisive strokes the best portraits drawn of the Emperor's colleagues. Far more than just another synthesis, this superb book gives us the following message: If Napoleon was certainly the heir of the Revolution, he is even more the incarnation of the French nation., Pierre SorlinUniversity of Paris-VIII (Saint-Denis)Let me put this bluntly: I have never before read a book that simultaneously impressed me for its scholarly brilliance yet read like a novel. Englund's examination of Napoleon's apolitical politics of la Nation is must reading for historians, yet his opening description of the Emperor's tomb at Les Invalides is worthy of Balzac., Philip G. DwyerUniversity of Newcastle, editor ofNapoleon and EuropeSteven Englund's is the best biography of Napoleon to have been written in English in many, many years., Jack MilesMacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofGod: A BiographyTwo centuries later, Napoleon Bonaparte can still fill us with awe -- at least when we meet him in the company of Steven Englund. An arresting reintroduction to a man about whom, after all, the last word has not been said., Pierre SorlinUniversity of Paris-VIII (Saint-Denis)Let me put this bluntly: I have never before read a book that simultaneously impressed me for its scholarly brilliance yet read like a novel. Englund's examination of Napoleon's apolitical politics ofla Nationis must reading for historians, yet his opening description of the Emperor's tomb at Les Invalides is worthy of Balzac., Arno J. MayerPrinceton University, author ofThe Furies: Violence and Terror in the Russian and French RevolutionsThis life of Napoleon is constructed magnificently and written with elegance and zest. Englund treats Napoleon as a political general of the epoch of the French Revolution that so profoundly marked both his consciousness and his project. The author has a magisterial command of the most important scholarship on the General on Horseback, but he has the great merit of carrying his erudition lightly.
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2003-060371
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Dc203.E64 2004
Table of Content
Contents FrissonBook I: Allons enfants de la PatrieI. Napoleone di BuonaparteUnsceptered Isle: Corsica in the Eighteenth CenturyThe Buonapartes of AjaccioNapoleon's ChildhoodII. The Making of the PatriotTo France (Autun and Brienne)Gentleman and OfficerFamilyEnfant de la Patrie (Psychology)Enfant de la Patrie (Ideas)Corsican JunketsIII. The Unmaking of the PatriotAnnuit Coeptis: The French Revolution and the Emergencen of "the Political"Divergences: Corsica and Napoleon in the RevolutionStyles of Patriotism: Paoli versus the BonapartesInterlude: Writer in the Making?Napoleon in France (May-October 1792)Forced Departure (1793)Beyond PatriotismIV. Robespierre on Horseback"The Supper at Beaucaire"RecognitionThe Dinner at AnconaThe Spinner's PlansVendémiaire, Year IVBook II: Le jour de gloire est arrivéV. Love and WarClisson in LoveA Rose by Any Other NameThe Improviser of Victory: The First Italian Campaign (1796-1797)"Three to One": The "Moral" Elements of VictoryLodiVI. Apprenticeship in Statecraft: Italy and Egypt"Cister" RepublicsDeath in Venice (of a Jacobin Reputation)France Seen from the Army of ItalyParis InterludeA Passage to India: Egypt, 1798-1799, the Military OperationSultan El-Kebir -- Governing EgyptEgypt: A Balance SheetVII. Power (I): Taking It (Brumaire)"Politics" and "the Political""The National Mess": The State of France, 1798-1799The Return of the ProdigyBrumaire: An Actor's NightmareVIII. Power (II): Using It (The Consulate)The Pastiche of the Year VIIIWar in Italy (Again): The Second Italian Campaign, 1800The Blocks of Granite: Le PolitiqueConcordatEconomy, State, and Society: Bourgeois Consolidation?The Politics of Depoliticization......and the "National" FixNapoleon and the BonapartesBook III: Contre nous, de la tyrannie IX. Power (III): Naming It (From Citizen Consul to Emperor of the French)Parallel Lives, Parallel Plots (1800-1802)Consul for Life (1802-1804)The War of Dirty TricksGetting Worse: The Coming of the EmpireStupete Gentes!: The Republican EmperorCoronationLegitimacy: The Never-Ending QuestX. La Guerre -- Encore (et pour toujours)The Failure of the PeaceForming the Third CoalitionThe Great Campaign (1805)From Grande Nation to Grand EmpireThe Fourth Coalition (1806-1807): The Prussian and the Russian CampaignsBlockade (I)XI. The Empire -- and Its Fissures (1807-1810)Imperator and ImperiumThe Janus Face of the Grand EmpireSpainThe War of the Fifth Coalition: 1809The Pope and the EmperorBook IV: L'Etendard sanglant est levéXII. The Great Unraveling (1810-1812)Highwater: Divorce, Remarriage, HeirThe Crisis of 1810-1811The Blockade (II)The Napoleonic Dream: Political Economy as National Economics1812 OvertureThe Flight ForwardThe Leader and His MenHis Master's VoiceXIII. The Collapse (1812-1814)MaletPius and Impious (The Pope and the Emperor Again)1813: The Crusade of the SovereignsThe National Revival ManquéThe Lion in Winter: The Champagne Campaign (1814)Abdication?AbjectionXIV. Nation-Talk: The Liberal Empire"Vesuvius Next Door to Naples": Napoleon on Elba (May 1814-March 1815)The Kingdom of the Weather Vane: Restoration FranceThe Eagle Has LandedThe Hundred Days (March 20-June 29)Sub specie aeternitatis...The Jacobin SpecterThe Nation-Talker: Napoleon ChameleonWaterloo: Vae VictisAbjection (II), Abdication (II)XV. Shadows: "The Liberal Empire"The New "Saint"MemoirsSickness unto DeathThe Napoleonic Tradition(s)Introduction (Misplaced)NotesBibliographical CommentsAcknowledgmentsIndexMap on pageArt following page
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