 | - Book Title: Napoleon
- Author: Emil Ludwig
- ISBN: MW009131216
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Year Published: 1927
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- Description: Allen and Unwin Ltd, September 1927, sixth impression of the April 1927, first edition: black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: gilt insignia to front : approximately 6 x 9.5 inches tall: 707 pages including index: translated by Eden and Cedar Paul: 21 black and white illustrations. Synopsis: The story of Napoleon Buonaparte's life arranged in five sections: -- Book 1, 1769 -- 1796 including Napoleon's birth, education, training, time as sub - lieutenant of artillery in Corsica, Valence, Ajaccio. Promotion to Captain. The Seige of Toulon. Promotion to Brig.General . Arrest. At the Ministry for War. Suppression of the Paris Rising. Commander of the Army of the Interior. Commander of the Army of Italy. Marriage to Josephine Beauharnais. Book 2, 1796 -- 1799 including Battles of Millesimo, Castiglione, Arcola, Rivoli, Mantua. Time at the Castle of Montebello. Peace of Campo Formio. Time in Paris. Embarkation for Egypt. Battle of the Pyramids. Jaffa, Acre, Aboukir. Landing in France. Coup d'etat of the 18th Brumaire. Post as First Consul . Book 3, 1800 -- 1811 including the Battle of Marengo. Attempted assassination. Peace of Luneville. Concordat with Pious V11. Peace with the England. Consul for life, Legion of Honour. Death of the Duke of Enghien. Assumption of Imperial title. Coronation. Trafalgar. Vienna taken. The Battle of Austerlitz. Peace of Pressburger. Confederation of the Rhine. Joseph, King of Naples. Louis, King of Holland. Battle of Jena. Berlin. Continental system. Battles of Preussisch-Eylau and Friedland. Treaty of Tilsit . King of Westphalia. Rome, Madrid, Nayonne , Joseph, King of Spain. Murat, King of Naples. Excommunication. Battles of Aspern-Essling, Wagram , Vienna. Divorce. Marriage to Marie Louise. Birth of son. Book 4, 1812 -- 1815 including Battles of Smolensk, Borodino, Vittoria, Moscow. Return to Paris. Battles of Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, Leipzig, Brienne , La Rothiere, Champaubert , Montereau, Bas-sur- Aube, Laon,Arcis-sur- Aube. Abdication in Fontainebleau. Embarkation for Elba. Outlawed. Paris. Battles of Ligny and Waterloo. Second abdication. Letter to the Prince Regent. Declared prisoner. Book 5, 1815 -- 1821. Including arrival in St Helen. Death. cONDITION: SOME DISCOLOURATION TO COVER: SPINE ENDS AND CORNERS BUMPED: PAGE EDGING FOXED; CONTENTS VERY CLEAN.
- Condition: Collectable- Good
- Dustcover: No
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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