Napoleon: The Man Behind Myth Adam Zamoyski William Collins Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

‘Napoleon Is An Out-And-Out Masterpiece And A Joy To Read’ Sir Antony Beevor Author Of Stalingrad Landmark New Biography That Presents The Man Behind Many Myths First Writer In English Go Back Original European Sources Adam Zamoyski’s Portrait Napoleon Historical At Its Finest Inspires Passionately Held Often Conflicting Visions Was He God-Like Genius Romantic Avatar Megalomaniac Monster Compulsive Warmonger Or Just Nasty Little Dictator? While Displayed Elements These Traits Certain Times None Things As Zamoyski Him This Rather Ordinary One Exhibited Some Extraordinary Qualities During Phases His Life But It Hard Credit General Who Presided Over Worst (And Self-Inflicted) Disaster Military History Single-Handedly Destroyed Great Enterprise Others Had Toiled So Construct Brilliant Tactician No Strategist Nor Evil Could Be Selfish Violent There Evidence Wishing Inflict Suffering Gratuitously Motives Were Mostly Praiseworthy Ambition Greater Than Contemporaries Such Alexander I Russia Wellington Nelson More What Made Exceptional Scope Accorded By Circumstance Strips Away Lacquer Prejudice Places Within Context 1790S Young Entered World War Bitter Struggle For Supremacy Survival With Leaders Motivated Quest Power Self-Interest Did Not Start Dominated Continued Brief Interruption Until Final Defeat 1815 Based On Primary Languages Beautifully Illustrated Portraits Done Only From Magnificent Book Examines How Napoleone Buonaparte Boy Corsica Became ‘Napoleon’ Achieved Came About Undid Does Justify Condemn Seeks Instead Understand Napoleon’s Trajectory Σελίδες: 752 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm