Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell

Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell

This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while setting him firmly against the backdrop of the French Revolution of 1789.

There are plenty of big lives of Napoleon, and the last few years have seen the appearance of a whole new cropTheir general standard has been very high, but the detail is often daunting, not to mention the weight in the hand. Pocket-sized biographies by reputable scholars have been surprisingly less common. The best English one in recent times, by Felix Markham, was published as long ago as 1963. Napoleonic studies have moved on considerably since then, and David Bell has been one of the leaders in advancing the field with his survey in 2007 of what he called the First Total War. Now he offers a crisp and up-to-date introduction to the amazing career of the man at the centre of it all. - * William Doyle, History *
A very concise, but very illuminating history of one of the world's greatest generals. * Steve Craggs, Northern Echo *
It is entertaining to read and discusses the important events and developments surrounding Napoleons reign. * Michael J. Hughes, European History Quarterly *

David A. Bell is the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Department of History at Princeton. Born in New York, educated at Harvard, Princeton and the École Normale Supérieure, he previously taught at Yale and Johns Hopkins, where he also served as Dean of Faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences.

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ISBN 13	9780190262716
ISBN 10	0190262710
Title	Napoleon: A Concise Biography
Author	David Bell
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2016-01-28
Number of pages	152
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