Napoleon - The Man Behind the Myth

Informationen zum Autor Adam Zamoyski was born in New York, was educated at Oxford, and lives in London. A full-time writer, he has written biographies of ‘Chopin’ (Collins 1979), ‘Paderewski’, and ‘The Last King of Poland’,‘1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow’ and ‘Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna’. Klappentext 'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at its finest. Zusammenfassung `Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor! author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources! Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at its finest.

Product details

• Authors: ADAM ZAMOYSKI, Adam Zamoyski, Zamoyski Adam
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780008116095
• ISBN: 978-0-00-811609-5
• No. of pages: 727
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 47 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; France, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, c 1800 to c 1900, Biography: historical, political and military, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Napoleonic Wars, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799