Schom, Alan

Napoleon Bonaparte / Alan Schom - New York : Harper Perennial , c1977. - 888p. pb. us : maps. retrs. ; 22

Napoleon's important economic and social reforms, his reorganization of the French government, and his tempestuous personal life and its effect on his political decisions. Napoleon Bonaparte covers every aspect of l'Empereur's life and career, from his childhood on Corsica to his dramatic rise to the throne of France, his campaigns of conquest to his final crushing defeat at Waterloo and death in exile on St. Helena.

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Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821
France---History---Revolution, 1789-1799
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

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