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Napoleon

By: R. S. Alexander

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Paperback | 1 April 2003 | Edition Number 1

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Egocentric tyrant? Primitive Corsican condottiere? Motor of world progress? Superman beyond good and evil? Embodiment of the talents and aspirations of the common man? Or insignificant grain in the sands of time? Chracterizations of Napoleon Bonaparte are in plentiful supply. In part, the evolution of his reputation is a story of historical construction; Bonaparte was just the first in a long queue of agents eager to reveal the "real" Napoleon. But it is also true that the reputation alters according to circumstance: the Napoleon of Restoration Europe was a far cry from the Napoleon that emerged after world war and subsequent experience of totalitarianism. In more recent times he advances simultaneously as gender bigot and father of European integration. None of this is entirely irreconcilable with `the truth'; the apparent contradictions of his reputation can be traced back to the ambiguities of Napoleonic character and rule. Napoleon Bonaparte was not a conviction politician; his power lay in the ability to reflect what others wanted to see. Whether for or against, we all become followers because we discern in him so much of what we love and hate, cherish and despise.

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"Strikingly original." --English Historical Review

"Clearly written and well researched." --CHOICE

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History Biographies & True Stories Biographies Historical, Political and Military Biographies Politics & Government Political Structure & Processes Political Leaders & Leadership Earliest Times to Present Day Modern History from 1700 to 1900

Royal Biographies General & World History

Reputation construction
The war of image commences: Napoleon and the liberals
Romanticism
Popular Bonapartism
Napoleon and the triumphant republic
Napoleon and the right
Determinism, structuralism and the great man
The great man and the 'weaker sex'
The modern Charlemagne and European integration
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