Bonaparte : 1769–1802 /
Gueniffey, Patrice
Bonaparte : 1769–1802 / Patrice Gueniffey. - Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only - 1 online resource (992 p.) : 22 color illustrations, 8 maps
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- Part One. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769–1793 -- 1. An Italian Family in Corsica -- 2. A French Upbringing -- 3. The French Officer and the Corsican Patriot -- 4. The Revolutionary of Ajaccio -- 5. Lost Illusions -- Part Two. Entry on Stage: 1793–1796 -- 6. Toulon -- 7. In Search of a Future -- 8. Happiness -- Part Three. The Italian Campaign: 1796–1797 -- 9. That Beautiful Italy -- 10. An Italian Policy? -- 11. On the Road to Vienna -- 12. Mombello -- 13. Saving the Directory -- 14. Campoformio -- 15. Parisian Interlude -- Part Four. The Egyptian Expedition: 1798–1799 -- 16. The Road to the Indies -- 17. The Conquest of the Nile -- 18. Governing Egypt -- 19. Jaffa -- 20. The Return from the Orient -- Part Five. Crossing the Rubicon: 1799 -- 21. The Conspiracy -- 22. Brumaire -- Part Six. A King for the Revolution: 1799–1802 -- 23. First Consul -- 24. First Steps -- 25. From the Tuileries to Marengo -- 26. Works and Days -- 27. The Turning Point of 1801 -- 28. Peace with the Church -- 29. The Top of the Ladder -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Patrice Gueniffey, the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, from his boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674425996
10.4159/9780674425996 doi
Emperors--France--Biography.
Heads of state--France--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
DC205 / .G8413 2015eb
944.05092 B
Bonaparte : 1769–1802 / Patrice Gueniffey. - Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only - 1 online resource (992 p.) : 22 color illustrations, 8 maps
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- Part One. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769–1793 -- 1. An Italian Family in Corsica -- 2. A French Upbringing -- 3. The French Officer and the Corsican Patriot -- 4. The Revolutionary of Ajaccio -- 5. Lost Illusions -- Part Two. Entry on Stage: 1793–1796 -- 6. Toulon -- 7. In Search of a Future -- 8. Happiness -- Part Three. The Italian Campaign: 1796–1797 -- 9. That Beautiful Italy -- 10. An Italian Policy? -- 11. On the Road to Vienna -- 12. Mombello -- 13. Saving the Directory -- 14. Campoformio -- 15. Parisian Interlude -- Part Four. The Egyptian Expedition: 1798–1799 -- 16. The Road to the Indies -- 17. The Conquest of the Nile -- 18. Governing Egypt -- 19. Jaffa -- 20. The Return from the Orient -- Part Five. Crossing the Rubicon: 1799 -- 21. The Conspiracy -- 22. Brumaire -- Part Six. A King for the Revolution: 1799–1802 -- 23. First Consul -- 24. First Steps -- 25. From the Tuileries to Marengo -- 26. Works and Days -- 27. The Turning Point of 1801 -- 28. Peace with the Church -- 29. The Top of the Ladder -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Patrice Gueniffey, the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, from his boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674425996
10.4159/9780674425996 doi
Emperors--France--Biography.
Heads of state--France--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
DC205 / .G8413 2015eb
944.05092 B