Heir to the Revolution, Napoleon himself was not a revolutionary rather he was a reformer and a modernizer, both liberator and autocrat. Through a string of brilliant and improbable victories (gained as much through his remarkable ability to inspire his troops as through his military genius), Napoleon brought about a triumphant peace that made him the idol of France and, later, its absolute ruler. Now Alistair Horne, one of the great chroniclers of French history gives us a fresh account of that remarkable time.īorn into poverty on the remote island of Corsica, he rose to prominence in the turbulent years following the French Revolution, when most of Europe was arrayed against France. The age of Napoleon transformed Europe, laying the foundations for the modern world.
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