Book Overview
This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the nature and mechanics of Napoleon's power, and how he used it. It explores Napoleon's rise to fame as a soldier of the French... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0582437520
ISBN13:9780582437524
Release Date:August 2000
Publisher:Routledge
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.89 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.1" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Fine Little Book On Napoleon's Impact on European History
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This slender tome is an elegant overview of Napoleon's political and cultural impact on 19th Century Europe. It is not a political or cultural biography of Napoleon, but instead, a collection of essays which addresses Napoleon's roles as a soldier, statesman and patron of the arts during the first French Republic and first French Empire (1792-1815). Ellis demonstrates Napoleon's acquisition and retention of power during the first half of the book. He closes with several fine essays which show how Napoleon's power was depicted artistically and what - if any - was Napoleon's legacy to France and to Europe. This is unquestionably a book of interest to those familiar with Napoleon's career, early 19th Century European history, or both.
A good book for the initiated.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is my first book on Napoleon, though not my first book on French history. Ellis' book has many good insights and seems to me well-written. He arranged his book according to themes, rather than on a timeline. This is difficult, however, for the beginner, as a basic knowledge of Napoleonic history is assumed. At the end of his book, Ellis recommends Felix Markham's "Napoleon" as a good introductory work, and I will take his advice, then perhaps reread Ellis, as I think it deserves to be read with the details of Napleon's history already in the readers mind.
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