The Saint Napoleon

Author : Sudhir Hazareesingh
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674038448

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The Saint-Napoleon by Sudhir Hazareesingh Pdf

In 1852, President Louis Napoleon of France declared that August 15--Napoleon Bonaparte's birthday--would be celebrated as France's national day. Leading up to the creation of the Second Empire, this was the first in a series of attempts to "Bonapartize" his regime and strengthen its popular legitimacy. Across France, public institutions sought to draw local citizens together to celebrate civic ideals of unity, order, and patriotism. But the new sense of French togetherness was fraught with tensions. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Sudhir Hazareesingh vividly reconstructs the symbolic richness and political complexity of the Saint-Napoleon festivities in a work that opens up broader questions about the nature of the French state, unity and lines of fracture in society, changing boundaries between public and private spheres, and the role of myth and memory in constructing nationhood. The state's Bonapartist identity was at times vigorously contested by local social, political, and religious groups. In various regions, people used the national day to celebrate their own communities and to honor their hometown veterans; but elsewhere, the revival of republican sentiment clashed sharply with imperial attitudes. Sophisticated and gracefully written, this book offers rich insights into modern French history and culture.

Author : Sudhir Hazareesingh
Publisher : Granta
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : France
ISBN : 1862077894

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The Legend of Napoleon by Sudhir Hazareesingh Pdf

A timely study of why the fascination with Napoleon has endured for two centuries

Author : Patrice Gueniffey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674988385

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Napoleon and de Gaulle by Patrice Gueniffey Pdf

One of France’s most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals, for better and worse, matter in history. Historians have taught us that the past is not just a tale of heroes and wars. The anonymous millions matter and are active agents of change. But in democratizing history, we have lost track of the outsized role that individual will and charisma can play in shaping the world, especially in moments of extreme tumult. Patrice Gueniffey provides a compelling reminder in this powerful dual biography of two transformative leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles de Gaulle. Both became national figures at times of crisis and war. They were hailed as saviors and were eager to embrace the label. They were also animated by quests for personal and national greatness, by the desire to raise France above itself and lead it on a mission to enlighten the world. Both united an embattled nation, returned it to dignity, and left a permanent political legacy—in Napoleon’s case, a form of administration and a body of civil law; in de Gaulle’s case, new political institutions. Gueniffey compares Napoleon’s and de Gaulle’s journeys to power; their methods; their ideas and writings, notably about war; and their postmortem reputations. He also contrasts their weaknesses: Napoleon’s limitless ambitions and appetite for war and de Gaulle’s capacity for cruelty, manifested most clearly in Algeria. They were men of genuine talent and achievement, with flaws almost as pronounced as their strengths. As many nations, not least France, struggle to find their soul in a rapidly changing world, Gueniffey shows us what a difference an extraordinary leader can make.

Author : Barry Edward O'Meara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : France
ISBN : CHI:098519459

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Napoleon at St. Helena by Barry Edward O'Meara Pdf

Author : Mabel Brookes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1781551715

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Napoleon on St Helena by Mabel Brookes Pdf

Napoleon surrendered to the British in July 1815, and wished to be allowed free passage to America. This was denied, and he was incarcerated on the rocky island of St Helena. Here the fallen Emperor was humiliated by an over-bearing Governor, until released by death from stomach cancer in 1821. This human study is a sympathetic account of his imprisonment.

Author : Charles-Tristan comte de Montholon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HXDCQH

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History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena by Charles-Tristan comte de Montholon Pdf

Author : Robert Asprey
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780786725397

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The Rise Of Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Asprey Pdf

Ever since 1821, when he died at age fifty-one on the forlorn and windswept island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first volume of a two-volume cradle-to-grave biography, Robert Asprey instead treats him as a human being. Asprey tells this fascinating, tragic tale in lush narrative detail. The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte is an exciting, reckless thrill ride as Asprey charts Napoleon's vertiginous ascent to fame and the height of power. Here is Napoleon as he was-not saint, not sinner, but a man dedicated to and ultimately devoured by his vision of himself, his empire, and his world.

Author : John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Publisher : New York, Harper & brothers
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWHIFB

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Napoleon at St. Helena by John Stevens Cabot Abbott Pdf

Author : Alexander Mikaberidze
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848849440

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The Battle of the Berezina by Alexander Mikaberidze Pdf

The full story of Napoleon’s legendary escape from Russia under seemingly impossible odds is recounted in this thrillingly vivid military history. In the winter of 1812, Napoleon's army retreated from Moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate Russian armies. By late November, Napoleon had reached the banks of the River Berezina—the last natural obstacle between his army and the safety of the Polish frontier. But instead of finding the river frozen solid enough to march his men across, an unseasonable thaw had turned the Berezina into an icy torrent. Having already ordered the burning of his bridging equipment, Napoleon's predicament was serious enough: but with the army of Admiral Chichagov holding the opposite bank, and those of Kutusov and Wittgenstein closing fast, it was critical. In a gripping narrative that draws on contemporary sources—including letters, diaries and memoirs—Alexander Mikaberidze describes how Napoleon rose from the pit of despair to execute one of the greatest escapes in military history.

Author : Johannes Willms
Publisher : Haus Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1906598878

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Napoleon & St Helena by Johannes Willms Pdf

This fascinating travelogue of the little known, though infamous island was praised by the NYBR on hardback publication.

Author : Margaret Rodenberg
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647420178

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Finding Napoleon by Margaret Rodenberg Pdf

“Rodenberg inventively uses Bonaparte’s own unfinished novel to tell the story of the despot’s rise to power, which she juxtaposes against the story of his last love affair. Told creatively and with excellent research!” —Stephanie Dray, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of America's First Daughter and The Women of Chateau Lafayette “Beautiful and poignant.” —Allison Pataki, New York Times best-selling author of The Queen’s Fortune With its delightful adaptation of Napoleon Bonaparte’s real attempt to write romantic fiction, Finding Napoleon: A Novel offers a fresh take on Europe’s most powerful man after he’s lost everything—except his last love. A forgotten woman of history—the audacious Countess Albine—helps narrate their tale of intrigue, desire, and betrayal. After the defeated Emperor Napoleon goes into exile on tiny St. Helena Island in the remote South Atlantic, he and his lover, Albine de Montholon, plot to escape and rescue his young son. Banding together enslaved Africans, British sympathizers, a Jewish merchant, a Corsican rogue, and French followers, they confront British opposition—as well as treachery within their own ranks—with sometimes subtle, sometimes bold, but always desperate action. Amid his passions and intrigues, Napoleon finishes his real novel Clisson that he started writing as a young man. Now it's a father's message to the young son whom his enemies took from him, but how can they get it to the boy? When Napoleon and Albine break faith with one another, ambition and Albine’s husband threaten their reconciliation. To succeed, Napoleon must learn whom to trust. To survive, Albine must decide whom to betray. This elegant, richly researched novel reveals the Napoleon history conceals and the Countess Albine history has forgotten.

Author : Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : France
ISBN : UOM:39015063060696

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Napoleon III and His Court by Imbert de Saint-Amand Pdf

Author : Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1534929428

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Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena by Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis Pdf

Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena by Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1922 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

Author : Barry Edward O'Meara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : France
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004864422

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NAPOLEON IN EXILE by Barry Edward O'Meara Pdf

Author : Lucia Elizabeth Abell
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781781551356

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Napoleon & Betsy by Lucia Elizabeth Abell Pdf

The story of Napoleon and Betsy Balcombe is an unusual and fascinating tale. A fallen Emperor who once controlled most of Europe makes friends with an impudent, pretty and spirited young English girl, just about the celebrate her thirteenth birthday. Betsy produced a book full of interest, but notwithstanding that the book wanders backwards and forward chronologically, the general tenor of the relationship between this young girl and Napoleon is beyond question, and it was of an unusual and extremely friendly nature. Napoleon's fall from an unprecedented position of power to humiliating confinement must have been an impossible burden to have lived with, and yet, despite this - or possibly because of it - Napoleon befriended this child and held genuine affection for her. Despite the naivety, the warmth of the friendship between the ex-emperor and little 'Mees' Balcombe shines through, and her text is well-worth providing in this new edition. Napoleon was at the Briars for eight weeks, but the family were very close to the community at Longwood, some two miles further up hill and inland, and visited weekly, sometimes more often. It was here, as Betsy matured and grew more responsible, that the friendship developed, to the extent that she assisted Napoleon with his attempts at English. She was daring as well as impudent and with an irrepressible sense of humour she unlocked the inner child in Napoleon that led to the famous friendship. He found her boldness amusing and occasionally alarming. It must have been a welcome diversion from his darker thoughts.