Napoleon

Author: F.J. McLynn

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  • : $48.99 AUD
  • : 9780712662475
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : 05 November 1998
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 48.99
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  • : F.J. McLynn
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  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
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  • : 944.05092
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  • : 749
  • : Constitution: government & the state; Biography & autobiography: historical, political & military; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; Warfare & defence
  • : 16pp b&w plates
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Barcode 9780712662475
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Description

Tracing Napoleon's career, Frank McLynn begins with his Corsican roots, through the years of the French Revolution and the military triumphs, to the coronation in 1804, and ultimate defeat and imprisonment. McLynn reveals how Napoleon was both existential hero and plaything of fate.