The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. / Robert B. Asprey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asprey, Robert B.

Standardized Title:

Rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1, Rise

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Napoleon.

Emperors--France--Biography.

Emperors.

France--History--1789-1815.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (609 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Robert Asprey charts Napoleon's thrilling, reckless rise to power in this fast-paced first volume of the definitive biography of the fascinating, enigmatic, and still mysterious tragic conqueror.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Maps; Permissions; A Note to the Reader; Acknowldegments; In the Beginning; 1. The Boy 1769-1778; 2. Autun, Brienne and the Ecole Militaire 1779-1785; 3. The Student: Valence and Auxonne 1785-1789; 4. The Revolution and the REbel: Auxonne and Corsica 1789-1791; 5. Auxonne, Valence, Corsica, Paris 1791-1792; 6. The Paris Cauldron, May -October 1792; 7. End of a Dream, Corsica 1792-1793; 8. Napoleon Goes to War, July-September 1793; 9. The Battle of Toulon, November-December 1793; 10. The Riviera and Desiree Clary, December 1793-June 1794

11. Fall and Redemption, June 1794-May 179512. Josephine Beauharnais, May 1795- March 1796; 13. The Army Marches- I: The Invasion of Piedmont, March-April 1796; 14. The General, April 1796; 15. The Army Marches - II: The Invasion of Lombardy, May-June 1796; 16. The Army Marches - III: Consolidation June-July 1796; 17. The General and His Lady, May-July 1796; 18. The Austrians Attack: The Battle of Rivoli, July-September 1796; 19. The Battle of Arcola, November 1796; 20. The Second Battle of Rivoli, January 1797; 21. Victory, January-April 1797; 22. Montebello-The King Without a Crown

23. The Treaty of Campo Formio, August- November 179724. Paris Interlude, December 1797-May 1798; 25. The Conquest of Egypt-I: The Battle of the Pyramids, April-July 1798; 26. The Conquest of Egypt- II: The Great Sultan, July-August 1798; 27. The Conquest of Egypt- III: Colonization and Conflict, August 1798-February 1799; 28. The Conquest of Egypt- IV: The Siege of St. Jean D'Acre, February-May 1799; 29. The Conquest of Egypt- V: Hail and Farewell, June-October 1799; 30. The Coup D'Etat of 18-19 Brumaire 9-10 November 1799; 31. The Consulate Rules, November 1799-February 1800

32. Prelude to Marengo, December 1799-May 180033. The Crossing of the Alps, May-June 1800; 34. The Battle of Marengo 14 June 1800; 35. The First Consul Rules, July-October 1800; 36. The Treaty of Luneville, July 1800-February 1801; 37. The Peace of Amiens, February-June 1801; 38. The Conquering Hero, July 1801-August 1802; 39. Napoleon the Man 1801-1802; 40. The Road to War, March 1802-May 1803; 41. The Invasion of England- I: June 1803-February 1804; 42. The Late Duc D'Enghien, January- April 1804; 43. The Invasion of England- II: March-October 1804

44. The Emperor Takes a Crown, March-December 180445. The Invasion of England- III: The End of a Dream, January-August 1805; 46. The Battle of Ulm, September-October 1805; 47. Victory in Austria, Defeat at Trafalgar, October-November 1805; 48. Austerlitz: The Day of the Three Emperors, November-December 1805; Selective Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously published as v. 1 of The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [546]-564) and index.

ISBN:

0-465-04879-X

0-7867-2539-7

OCLC:

819605329

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08352 hdl