By Susan P. Conner
Hegel known as him an concept on horseback, an outline that means Napoleon Bonaparte's complexity, in addition to the level to which he replaced France, Europe, and the area. Napoleon has been known as a visionary, a pragmatist, a cynical opportunist, an ogre, and a demigod. the following, he's defined in his personal phrases and the phrases of his contemporaries: from his clannishness to his knack for being on the correct position on the correct time, and from his genius to his obsession with detail.
Napoleon introduced order out of the chaos of the French Revolution, pressed for innovative equality of chance, and deliberate a ecu union. within the method, he knew peace for under 14 months of his 15-year reign, marched his armies from Lisbon to Moscow, and triggered the deaths of thousands. during this source, an in depth timeline, maps, illustrations, biographical sketches, and first files support scholars get a consider for the short yet enduring Age of Napoleon.
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