The age of Napoleon transformed Europe, laying the foundations for
the modern world. Now Alistair Horne, one of the great chroniclers
of French history gives us a fresh account of that remarkable time.
Born into poverty on the remote island of Corsica, he rose to
prominence in the turbulent years following the French Revolution,
when most of Europe was arrayed against France. Through a string of
brilliant and improbable victories (gained as much through his
remarkable ability to inspire his troops as through his military
genius), Napoleon brought about a triumphant peace that made him
the idol of France and, later, its absolute ruler.
Heir to the Revolution, Napoleon himself was not a revolutionary;
rather he was a reformer and a modernizer, both liberator and
autocrat. Looking to the Napoleonic wars that raged on the one
hand, and to the new social order emerging on the other, Horne
incisively guides readers through every aspect of Napoleon's
two-decade rule: from France's newfound commitment to an
aristocracy based on merit rather than inheritance, to its civil
code (Napoleon's most important and enduring legacy), to
censorship, cuisine, the texture of daily life in Paris, and the
influence of Napoleon abroad. At the center of Horne's story is a
singular man, one whose ambition, willpower, energy and ability to
command changed history, and continues to fascinate us today.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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