
Название: The Age of Napoleon (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)
Автор: Susan P. Conner
Издательство: Greenwood
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 252
Размер: 14.8 Мб
Язык: English
Hegel called him an idea on horseback, a description that suggests Napoleon Bonaparte's complexity, as well as the extent to which he changed France, Europe, and the world. Napoleon has been called a visionary, a pragmatist, a cynical opportunist, an ogre, and a demigod. Here, he is described in his own words and the words of his contemporaries: from his clannishness to his knack for being at the right place at the right time, and from his genius to his obsession with detail.