| Description |
xxxii, 735 pages, [8 unnumbered pages of plates] : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-723) and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude: Into the flames -- A new order of things -- The Great Empire, 1810-1812 -- Lurching into war: Napoleon and Alexander: Posturing and poise, 1810-1812 -- The order of battle: Autumn 1811-June 1812 -- Into the abyss: The march on Moscow -- Hell is a very cold place: Moscow -- The gauntlet: The retreat from Moscow, October-December 1812 -- From delusion to determination, December 1812-April 1813 -- The struggle for Germany, April 1813-August 1813 -- The last summer: Dresden, the final victory, June-September 1813 -- Leipzig: The battle lost, September-October 1813 -- The frontiers crumble: The end of empire, October 1813-January 1814 -- The fall of France: The end of everything, January-May 1814 -- Elba: A nervous exile, April 1814-February 1815 -- The flight of the eagle -- The politics of desperation: March-June 1815 -- The war of the seventh coalition: March-June 1815 -- A life unravels -- Epilogue: Beyond the pale. |
| Summary |
"An accomplished Oxford scholar delivers a dynamic new history covering the last chapter of the emperor's life--from his defeat in Russia and the drama of Waterloo to his final exile--as the world Napoleon has created begins to crumble around him"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
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France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.
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France -- History -- Restoration, 1814-1830.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781639361779 |
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1639361774 |
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