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As new condition brown boards/black spine/gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Robert B. Asprey; Author Dedication; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; A Note to the Reader; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Preliminary Page Quotes; Selective Bibliography; and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white portrait drawings, maps, and front and rear endpaper maps. A repaired 1/16th inch closed tear at the upper rear jacket edge. The jacket is otherwise in as new condition (see photographs). "Napoloeon Bonaparte is too often remembered as either a military genius and demi-god or a murderous devil incarnate. Robert Asprey instead treats him as a human being. In The Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, the second volume of Asprey's cradle-to-grave biography, the author expands upon the complete depiction of Napoleon that he began developing in volume one, The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, showing his as child, man, general, lover, husband, king, emperor, father, conqueror, statesman, and finally, prisoner. Asprey gives us more of the personality and passion that marks this swift-moving, intensely dramatic saga. What emerges is one of the most fascinating and contradictory men of all time. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, Asprey showed us that Napoleon was not the father of chaos, as his detractors would have us believe, but rather an heir to it, both at home and abroad. In this sequel, we see Napoleon struggling to deal with the chaos of his reign. Having shocked the world with his astounding victory in 1805 at the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon concentrates on solidifying his growing empire through a series of dynastic marriages: Divorcing Josephine, he marries the daughter of Francis I, Marie Louise, who bore his only legitimate heir. Napoleon uses his military might to force Russia's Czar Alexander into negotiating a treaty that, in effect, divides control of Europe, with Napoleon taking control of the West. Through diplomatic misjudgments and military defeats, however, the emperor loses control of his empire and, in 1814, is deposed at home and banished to Elba, from where he makes a shortlived return in 1815, raallying thousands of peasants for his march on Paris. Asprey chronicles Napoleon's surprising yet short-lived resurgence, which ends in his defeat at Waterloo and his exile on Saint Helena. Robert Asprey tells this fascinating, tragic tale in lush narrative detail. Based on many years of research, he invites the reader to look over Napoleon's shoulder as he dictates decrees and orders; deals with his ungrateful, greedy, unprincipled family; comes into conflict with the kings, queens, and emperors of Europe; milngles with the intellectuals, writers, musicians, and actors of the day; leads and inspires his officers and men; and falls in love and fathers children. The second and final installment to this exciting, reckless thrill ride shows Napoleon as he was -- not saint, not sinner, but a man dedicated to an ultimately devoured by his vision of himself, his empire, and his world." -- from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006594
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