{"product_id":"citizen-emperor-9781408843246","title":"Citizen Emperor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe second volume of a new and comprehensive biography about one of the history''s most charismatic leaders\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea very fine book, which explains Napoleon's extraordinary rise to power and equally meteoric fall, with great erudition, skill and verve'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Exemplary scholarship ... A book of meticulous research and beautifully detailed descriptions of Napoleon's military adventures, brings home the full horrific cost of the march on Russia'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e''Napoleon''s legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular imagination. He himself contributed much towards the construction of his own myth, from his youth even until after he fell from power, when, while in exile, he dictated his memoirs to a group of disciples who took down his every word in the hope that his version of history would prevail. Such were Napoleon''s skills as a chronicler that much of the legend is still unquestioningly accepted..\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive books about wars impressed me this year: Roger Knight’s immaculately researched \u003ci\u003eBritain against Napoleon: the Organisation of Victory 1793-1815\u003c\/i\u003e; Philip Dwyer’s \u003ci\u003eCitizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815 \u003c\/i\u003ewhich gives, in depth, the other side of that coin * \u003cb\u003eSimon Heffer, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eThe main purpose of the concluding volume of Dwyer’s life of Napoleon is not to explain why he became such a revered general, but rather to unpick his complex character and asses his political and military achievements. He succeeds brilliantly and we are left with a  nuanced portrait of a ruthless and far from infallible leader who concealed his defeats, exaggerated his victories and blamed other for his failings ... Philip Dwyer has produced a fitting sequel to his early life of Napoleon Bonaparte that will be hard to emulate. What it lacks in battlefield colour it more than makes up for by its subtle and judicious assessment of Napoleon the man and Napoleon the politician * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eHe is very good on the tensions and rows ripping through the Bonaparte family, which was such an important element in the whole enterprise. Here, as everywhere, he produces nice detail and the telling anecdote ... a very fine book, which explains Napoleon’s extraordinary rise to power and equally meteoric fall, with great erudition, skill and verve * \u003cb\u003eAdam Zamoyski, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eExemplary scholarship ... A book of meticulous research  and beautifully detailed descriptions of Napoleon’s military adventures, brings home the full horrific cost of the march on Russia * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eWhen he came to power in 1799, Napoleon famously announced that he was “completing” the French revolution and, in so doing, “ending” it. This tension between the radical aims of the revolution and society’s yearning for stability runs through Dwyer’s splendid second volume of his biography * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49396232356183,"sku":"9781408843246","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408843246.jpg?v=1730415183","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/citizen-emperor-9781408843246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}