LEADER 03097nam 2200601 450 001 9910824628603321 005 20230807193228.0 010 $a0-19-026273-7 010 $a0-19-026272-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000478161 035 $a(EBL)4083297 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001555755 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16179323 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001555755 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14817129 035 $a(PQKB)10455171 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4083297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4706532 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4083297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11118506 035 $a(OCoLC)936290180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4706532 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL834179 035 $a(OCoLC)1024270606 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000478161 100 $a20150323h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNapoleon $ea concise biography /$fDavid A. Bell 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cOxford University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (x, 139 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-026271-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Corsican, 1769-1796 -- The general, 1796-1799 -- The First Consul, 1799-1804 -- The emperor, 1804-1812 -- Downfall, 1812-1815 -- Epilogue: 1815-2015. 330 $aThis book provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, situating him firmly in historical context. David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility--for both good and ill--that Napoleon represented. By his late twenties, Napoleon was already one of the greatest generals in European history. At thirty, he had become absolute master of Europe's most powerful country. In his early forties, he ruled a European empire more powerful than any since Rome, fighting wars that changed the shape of the continent and brought death to millions. Then everything collapsed, leading him to spend his last years in miserable exile in the South Atlantic. Bell emphasizes the importance of the French Revolution in understanding Napoleon's career. The revolution made possible the unprecedented concentration of political authority that Napoleon accrued, and his success in mobilizing human and material resources. Without the political changes brought about by the revolution, Napoleon could not have fought his wars. Without the wars, he could not have seized and held onto power. Though his virtual dictatorship betrayed the ideals of liberty and equality, his life and career were revolutionary. 606 $aEmperors$zFrance$vBiography 607 $aFrance$xHistory$y1789-1815 615 0$aEmperors 676 $a944.05092 676 $aB 700 $aBell$b David A$g(David Avrom),$0120828 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824628603321 996 $aNapoleon$93980060 997 $aUNINA