| Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Volume V) Contributor(s): Sir Walter Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1519707665 ISBN-13: 9781519707666 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.27 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.13 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scott presents a dispassionate, unpartisan view of Napoleon, paying tribute to his military genius and administrative skill and underlining his legacy to France in the form of a national system of education, greatly improved communications, and the Code Napol on. Refusing to paint him as the bloodthirsty despot presented by many a fellow Tory, Scott notes his mild and humane temperament and genuine love of his country. The seeds of his downfall lie in his progressive self-identification with the French people and in his vision of himself as the man on whom the nation's destiny rested. His life ultimately becomes a tale of hubris, where overweaning ambition and self-blinding egotism lead to defeat in the Russian snows. |