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LUDWIG, EMIL; PAUL, EDEN & CEDAR (TRANSLATORS) Napoleon
Boni & Liveright, New York, 1928. 14th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pages slightly toned, light shelf wear, spine text rubbed. Binding tight, text unmarked. 707 pages. "Napoleon I (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, later Napoleon Bonaparte) (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the history of Europe. He was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic and Emperor of the French and King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine. Born in Corsica and trained in mainland France as an artillery officer, he rose to prominence during the French Revolution as a general, leading successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, Napoleon staged a coup d'etat and installed himself as First Consul; five years later he crowned himself Emperor of the French. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, he turned the armies of France against almost every major European power, dominating continental Europe through a lengthy streak of military victories — epitomised through battles such as Austerlitz and Friedland — and the formation of extensive alliance systems, appointing close friends and family members as monarchs and government figures of French-dominated states. The disastrous French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. The campaign wrecked the Grande Armee, which never regained its previous strength. In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig and invaded France, forcing him to abdicate in April 1814 and exiling him to the island of Elba. Less than a year later, he returned to France, regaining control of the government prior to his final defeat at Waterloo in June 1815. Napoleon spent the last six years of his life under British supervision on the island of Saint Helena. Napoleon developed relatively few military innovations, drawing his tactics from a variety of sources and scoring major victories with a modernised French army. His campaigns are studied at military academies all over the world and he is widely regarded as one of history's greatest commanders. Whilst considered a tyrant by his opponents, he is also remembered for establishing the Napoleonic code, which laid the bureaucratic foundations for the modern French state." -- Wikipedia.
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