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Author:

Gueniffey, Patrice, author.

Title:

Bonaparte : 1769-1802 / Patrice Gueniffey ; translated by Steven Rendall.

Publisher:

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 1008 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821.
Emperors--France--Biography.
Heads of state--France--Biography.
France--History--Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.

Other Authors:

Rendall, Steven, translator.

Other Titles:

Bonaparte. English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769-1793 -- An Italian family in Corsica -- A French upbringing -- The French officer and the Corsican patriot -- The revolutionary of Ajaccio -- Lost illusions -- Part II. Entry into the scene: 1793-1796 -- Toulon -- In search of a future -- Happiness -- Part III. The Italian Campaign: 1796-1797 -- That beautiful Italy -- An Italian policy? -- On the road to Vienna -- Mombello -- Saving the Directory -- Campoformio -- Parisian interlude -- Part IV. The Egyptian Expedition: 1798-1799 -- The road to the Indies -- The conquest of the Nile -- Governing Egypt -- Jaffa -- The return from the orient -- Part V. Crossing the Rubicon: 1799 -- The conspiracy -- Brumaire -- Part VI. A king for the revolution: 1799-1802 -- First Consul -- First steps -- From the Tuileries to Marengo -- Works and days -- The turning point of 1801 -- Peace with the church -- The top of the ladder.

ISBN:

0674368355
9780674368354

LCCN:

2014034162

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)