LEADER 03730nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910826943203321 005 20230721023412.0 010 $a9786612089565 010 $a1-282-08956-0 010 $a1-282-35314-4 010 $a9786612353147 010 $a0-300-14820-8 035 $a(CKB)2420000000001349 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24486474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000303944 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11213314 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303944 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277854 035 $a(PQKB)11707658 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420542 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5122085 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420542 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348437 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208956 035 $a(OCoLC)923594367 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5122085 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235314 035 $a(OCoLC)1027157455 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000001349 100 $a20070810e20082007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNapoleon $ethe path to power /$fPhilip Dwyer 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] $cYale University Press$d2008, c2007 215 $a1 online resource (672 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2007. 311 $a0-300-13754-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [599]-626) and index. 327 $aPrologue : the bridge at Arcola -- The outsider, 1769-1792: The pleasure of recognition ; 'You will be my avenger' ; Corsica in revolution ; Ambition awakened -- The revolutionary, 1792-1796: Disillusion ; The Jacobin ; Shifting political sands ; The political appointee -- The conquering hero, 1796-1798: Innovation ; Conquest and pillage ; Artists and soldiers, politics and love ; The apprenticeship of power ; Bonaparte the 'Italique' -- The civilizing hero, 1798-1799: A grandiose exile ; Confronting Egypt ; Conciliation and terror : governing Egypt ; Prisoner of his conquest ; The limits of imagination ; The end of the dream -- Seizing power, 1799: The return of the saviour ; The coup as farce. 330 $bAt just thirty years of age, Napoleon Bonaparte ruled the most powerful country in Europe. But the journey that led him there was neither inevitable nor smooth. This authoritative biography focuses on the evolution of Napoleon as a leader and debunks many of the myths that are often repeated about himsensational myths often propagated by Napoleon himself. Here, Philip Dwyer sheds new light on Napoleons inner lifeespecially his darker side and his passionsto reveal a ruthless, manipulative, driven man whose character has been disguised by the public image he carefully fashioned to suit the purposes of his ambition.Dwyer focuses acutely on Napoleons formative years, from his Corsican origins to his French education, from his melancholy youth to his flirtation with radicals of the French Revolution, from his first military campaigns in Italy and Egypt to the political-military coup that brought him to power in 1799. One of the first truly modern politicians, Napoleon was a master of spin, using the media to project an idealized image of himself. Dwyers biography of the young Napoleon provides a fascinating new perspective on one of the great figures of modern history. 606 $aEmperors$zFrance$vBiography 607 $aFrance$xHistory$yLouis XVI, 1774-1793 607 $aFrance$xHistory$yRevolution, 1789-1799 615 0$aEmperors 676 $a944.05092 676 $aB 700 $aDwyer$b Philip G$01692455 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826943203321 996 $aNapoleon$94069564 997 $aUNINA