Napoleon by Mike Lepine

Napoleon by Mike Lepine

Extensively illustrated, this new biography by bestselling author Mike Lepine offers a fresh and unforgettable portrait of a true military legend.

From childhood dreams of joining the British Royal Navy to a dotage spent riding on a seesaw to improve his health, the true story of Napoleon Bonaparte is every bit as bizarre and fascinating as it is controversial. Napoleon rose up out of the chaos and horror of the French Revolution to offer a shattered nation dreams of future glory, honour and a place once more at the forefront of Europe. After he seized power through a mixture of propaganda and rigged elections, Napoleon's armies waged a seemingly never-ending war throughout Europe, from Portugal to Imperial Russia. Many hundreds of thousands died in battle, or of disease and starvation. France itself would lose 50,000 soldiers on average during every year under Napoleon's control. Napoleon claimed to be furthering the libertarian values of the Revolution to free the continent, but then he had himself crowned Emperor, began moves to reinstate a hereditary monarchy and had slavery reintroduced throughout the French Empire. 

Mike Lepine is a best-selling novelist in the Sunday Times. He has written 35 books, which have been published all over the world. He's also had a long career in television, where he's worked on shows about the arts, consumer rights, and humor. Mike was a key figure in making a lot of rare historical film footage available to the public for the first time, which is how he came across this incredible collection of videos from the legendary Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.

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ISBN 13	9781915343420
ISBN 10	1915343429
Title	Napoleon
Author	Mike Lepine
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Danann Media Publishing Limited
Year published	2023-11-01
Number of pages	144
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