{"product_id":"napoleon-a-political-life-9780674018037","title":"Napoleon: A Political Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the J. Russell Major Prize, American Historical Association\u003cbr\u003eBest Book on the First Empire by a Foreigner, Napoleon Foundation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Englund has written a most distinguished book recounting Bonaparte's life with clarity and ease...This magnificent book tells us much that we did not know and gives us a great deal to think about.\"--Douglas Johnson, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Englund, in his lively biography...seeks less to rehabilitate Napoleon's reputation and legacy than to provide readers with a fuller view of the man and his actions.\"--Paula Friedman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNapoleon: A Political Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a veritable \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e: the general reader will enjoy it immensely, and learn a great deal from it. But the book also has much to offer historians of modern France.\"--Sudhir Hazareesingh, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Englund's incisive forays into political theory don't diminish the force of his narrative, which impressively conveys the epochal changes confronting both France and Europe...A strikingly argued biography.\"--Matthew Price, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis sophisticated and masterful biography brings new and remarkable analysis to the study of modern history's most famous general and statesman. As Englund charts Napoleon's dramatic rise and fall--from his Corsican boyhood, his French education, his astonishing military victories and no less astonishing acts of reform as First Consul (1799-1804) to his controversial record as Emperor and, finally, to his exile and death--he explores the unprecedented power Napoleon maintains over the popular imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnglund, Steven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Steven Englund is a scholar of French history.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460654305554,"sku":"9780674018037","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47987c10-1b78-4ca0-ac06-ddb2998d5232.jpg?v=1730044748","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/napoleon-a-political-life-9780674018037","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}