Format:
XIII, 327 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0230362818
,
9780230362819
Content:
"This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements"--
Content:
"This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements"--
Note:
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: Napoleon and the French Revolution -- Becoming a Revolutionary -- First Revolutionary Steps -- Italy the Imperial Revolution -- Egypt -- Power -- Entr'acte: Revolution and Empire -- The Weapons of Revolution -- Entr'acte: A Sighting in Jena -- Napoleon at Zenith -- Entr'acte: Napoleon and the Political Culture of the French Revolution -- Catastrophe and Decline -- Entr'acte: Napoleon Explains the Revolution -- Napoleon Brought to Bay -- Ending the Revolution -- Entr'acte: Reputation -- The End of the End Game -- Death and Rebirth -- Epilogue: Napoleon and the Revolutionary Tradition -- Appendix: Some Remarks about Arsenic Poisoning -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Jordan, David P., 1939 - Napoleon and the revolution Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 ISBN 9780230362819
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Napoleon I. Frankreich, Kaiser 1769-1821
;
Französische Revolution
