Several years after the French Revolution, in the winter of
1804, Napoleon Bonaparte has to make a crucial decision: to keep
the main ideals of the new France alive or to elevate the country
into a powerful base by making it an empire and becoming
emperor.
One evening at the Tuileries Residence in Paris, Second Consul
Jean-Jacques Cambaceres, a brilliant law scholar and close ally,
listens as Napoleon struggles to determine what will be best for a
country much weakened by ten years of wars and revolutions. Torn
between his revolutionary ideals and his overwhelming longing for
power, Napoleon Bonaparte declares that it can only be achieved by
his taking the throne.
Bonaparte attempts to rally Cambaceres to his cause and maps
out in great detail why France must become an empire, with him as
its Emperor. The Republican hero desires only one thing: to forge
his legend during his lifetime. France has arrived at a crossroads,
and Bonaparte must break many barriers to fulfill his ambition. "An
empire is a Republic that has been enthroned," he declares. And so,
through the night, French history is made. With historical
erudition, d'Ormesson remarkably captures the man's vertigo of
triumph, which ultimately leads to his fall.
General
Imprint: |
Arcade Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2013 |
First published: |
November 2013 |
Authors: |
Jeand Ormesson
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61145-905-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
1-61145-905-2 |
Barcode: |
9781611459050 |
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