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In Napoleon Bonaparte's novella, triumphant soldier Clisson
turns his back on worldly success. He falls in love and marries
Eugenie, and they live the simple life until Clisson is called back
into battle.
The tragic story of Clisson and Eugenie reveals that Napoleon
was also an accomplished writer of fiction, and offers a
fascinating insight into how he viewed love, women, and military
life.
Aged twenty-six, having already known success as a soldier,
Napoleon was at a low ebb both professionally and personally when
he began "Clisson and Eugenie," and there are parallels between his
life and their story.
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The Military Maxims of Napoleon (Paperback)
Daniel G Chandler; As told by Napoleon Bonaparte; Edited by William E. Cairnes; Commentary by David G. Chandler
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An essential volume of Napoleon's wisdom on the art of war. Nearly
two hundred years after his death, Napoleon remains widely regarded
as one of the greatest military commanders of all time. Here, in
one volume, is the essence of Napoleon's knowledge and wisdom, the
fruit of his practical experience, and his study of the great
empire-builders from Alexander to Frederick the Great. Working from
the best among previous editions of Napoleon's maxims, including
the work produced in 1901 by William E. Cairnes, noted Napoleonic
historian David G. Chandler has contributed commentary that
examines Napoleon's work from the twentieth-century perspective of
the two world wars, Vietnam, and other conflicts, and analyzes the
ways in which commanders have observed or failed to observe
Napoleon's teachings. The Military Maxims of Napoleon is a unique
collection of tenets on the art of war. They reveal the principles
on which his military, diplomatic, and political triumphs were
built. Now every military student and enthusiast can benefit from
the brilliance of Napoleonic insight and wisdom. "The Military
Maxims of Napoleon provides a most valuable insight into the
Napoleonic art of war . . . David G. Chandler is the foremost
modern authority on the subject, which makes this work essential
reading." Philip J. Haythornthwaite, author of Invincible Generals
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Spurred by a lifelong fascination with the great emperor, French
novelist Honore de Balzac set himself the pains taking task of
collecting a selection of Napoleon's aphorisms from his public
speeches and the gazettes of the time. Arranged into four themes
(covering social life, the military arts, the exercise of power and
the teachings of experience and misfortune), Napoleon's pithy pills
of wisdom - often Machiavellian, cynical, dry and sometimes cruel -
offer a unique insight into the mind of a man who prided himself on
preferring action over thought and the sword over the pen, and
conjure up one of the most eminent and influential historical
figures of all time.
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