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"Nations yet to come will look back upon his history as to some grand and supernatural romance. The fiery energy of his youthful career, and the magnificent progress of his irresistible ambition, have invested his character with the mysterious grandeur of some heavenly appearance;... Read Full Overview

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Leadership, daring, audacity, charm, knowledge, scientifically curious, military-genius, reformer, builder of a new Europe, fighter for freedom, fighter of oppression, hero and more.From a Corsican outsider who became a French hero and then untimely to his bitter, ultimate defeat... Read Full Overview

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"The History of Napoleon Buonaparte" from John Gibson Lockhart. Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854).

Napol on Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and its associated wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European affairs for nearly two decades... Read Full Overview

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Napoleon Buonaparte was born at Ajaccio on the 15th of August 1769. The family had been of some distinction during the middle ages in Italy; whence his branch of it removed to Corsica in the troubled times of the Guelphs and Gibellines. They were always considered as belonging... Read Full Overview