Author:
Roberts, Andrew, 1963- author.
Imprint:New York, New York : Viking, 2014.
Descriptionxli, 926 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Note:Introduction -- Rise. Corsica ; Revolution ; Desire ; Italy ; Victory ; Peace ; Egypt ; Acre ; Brumaire -- Mastery. Consul ; Marengo ; Lawgiver ; Plots ; Amiens ; Coronation ; Austerlitz ; Jena ; Blockades ; Tilsit ; Iberia ; Wagram ; Zenith -- Denouement. Russia ; Trapped ; Retreat ; Resilience ; Leipzig ; Defiance ; Elba ; Waterloo ; St Helena.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 859-888) and index.
Note:" ... the first single-volume, cradle-to-grave biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation"--Jacket.
