Napoleon Bonaparte: A LifeHarper Collins, 26/08/1998 - 944 páginas A definitive biography of Bonaparte from his birth in Corsica to his death in exile on St Helena, this book examines all aspects of Bonaparte‘s spectacular rise to power and his dizzying fall. It offers close examination of battlefield victories, personal torments, military genius, Bonaparte‘s titanic ego and his relationships with the French government, Talleyrand, Wellington and Josephine. A consummate biography of a complex man. |
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Página 27
... Murat , to execute Barras's order . By 6:00 A.M. Murat appeared almost magically with a long convoy including forty powerful cannon , cais- sons , and gun crews , which Napoleon began placing where they would be most effective , before ...
... Murat , to execute Barras's order . By 6:00 A.M. Murat appeared almost magically with a long convoy including forty powerful cannon , cais- sons , and gun crews , which Napoleon began placing where they would be most effective , before ...
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... Murat's background also differed from that of his fellow com- manding officers . Born in 1767 at La Bastide - Fortunière , in the Department of the Lot , the son of an estate steward with enough money to ensure his getting a reasonably ...
... Murat's background also differed from that of his fellow com- manding officers . Born in 1767 at La Bastide - Fortunière , in the Department of the Lot , the son of an estate steward with enough money to ensure his getting a reasonably ...
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... Murat he attended the Collège Saint - Michel of Cahors , where he did well , in preparation for the School of Medicine at Montpellier . But when he was only nineteen , his father's bankruptcy forced him to withdraw from his studies to ...
... Murat he attended the Collège Saint - Michel of Cahors , where he did well , in preparation for the School of Medicine at Montpellier . But when he was only nineteen , his father's bankruptcy forced him to withdraw from his studies to ...
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... Murat taking his place . The French then advanced on Alba , Fossano , and Cherasco . The seizure of Cherasco - a major stronghold with large quantities of badly needed supplies and munitions , not to mention a few dozen cannon and fresh ...
... Murat taking his place . The French then advanced on Alba , Fossano , and Cherasco . The seizure of Cherasco - a major stronghold with large quantities of badly needed supplies and munitions , not to mention a few dozen cannon and fresh ...
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... surrounded and protected by two large lakes and malarial swamps , which would prove deadly to both sides . As for Genoa , it was now occupied and its senate threatened by the swaggering Murat " A NEW ALEXANDER THE GREAT " 49.
... surrounded and protected by two large lakes and malarial swamps , which would prove deadly to both sides . As for Genoa , it was now occupied and its senate threatened by the swaggering Murat " A NEW ALEXANDER THE GREAT " 49.
Índice
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Land of the Pharaohs | 107 |
Deep Water | 132 |
The Marches of Empire | 415 |
Point of No Return | 434 |
Iberia | 453 |
Another Grave Error | 473 |
Another Danube Campaign | 488 |
Wagram | 518 |
The Last Rose of Summer | 540 |
Cbimes and Alarm Bells | 561 |
In the Shadow of Defeat | 145 |
Tivoli and Beyond | 160 |
Road to Damascus | 173 |
Prelude to a Coup | 189 |
I8I9 Brumaire | 203 |
The Consulate | 222 |
The Foreign Minister | 240 |
Fouches Police | 251 |
Fouche the Man | 264 |
The Christmas Eve Plot and Others | 273 |
The Revolution Is Over | 289 |
War Once Again | 308 |
The Coronation | 333 |
A Humiliating Business | 353 |
Intermezzo a la Bonaparte | 371 |
It All Began with Austerlitz | 389 |
Russia | 583 |
Malets Malaise | 617 |
Death March | 628 |
The Saxon Campaign | 645 |
Leipzig | 668 |
The Cossacks Are Coming | 683 |
Projects of Troubles and Upsettings | 709 |
To Conquer or Perish | 735 |
Final Casualties | 767 |
EPILOGUE | 789 |
Napoleons Marshals | 791 |
Medical Notes | 793 |
NOTES | 795 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 847 |
INDEX | 867 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página xi - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Página 328 - Should the implacable enemy so far succeed as to land, you will have an opportunity of showing your zeal at the head of your regiment. It will be the duty of every man to stand forward on such an occasion ; and I shall certainly think it mine to set an example in defence of every thing that is dear to me and to my people.
Página 107 - Lordship will be, with the hazardous nature of the measure which we now have in contemplation ; but I cannot at the same time help feeling how much depends upon its success, and how absolutely necessary it is at this time to run some risk, in order, if possible, to bring about a new system of affairs in Europe, which shall save us all from being overrun by the exorbitant power of France.
Página 756 - ... panes of glass. The artillery did great execution, but our musketry did not at first seem to kill many men ; though it brought down a large number of horses, and created indescribable confusion. The horses of the first rank of cuirassiers, in spite of all the efforts of their riders, came to a stand-still, shaking and covered with foam, at about twenty yards' distance from our squares, and generally resisted all attempts to force them to charge the line of serried steel.
Página 228 - ... In whatever circumstances you may be placed by fortune, you know well, my friend, that you cannot have a better or a dearer friend than myself, or one who wishes more sincerely for your happiness. Life is a flimsy dream, soon to be over. If you are going away, and you think that it may be for some time, send me your portrait ; we have lived together for so many years, BO closely united, that our hearts have become one, and you know JoiT, 179& ENGLISH MOVEMENTS.
Página 348 - I swear to maintain the integrity of the territory of the Republic, to respect and cause to be respected the laws of the concordat and the liberty of...