Bonaparte : 1769-1802 /
Gueniffey, Patrice,
Bonaparte : 1769-1802 / Patrice Gueniffey ; translated by Steven Rendall. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (viii, 1008 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769-1793 -- An Italian family in Corsica -- A French upbringing -- The French officer and the Corsican patriot -- The revolutionary of Ajaccio -- Lost illusions -- Part II. Entry into the scene: 1793-1796 -- Toulon -- In search of a future -- Happiness -- Part III. The Italian Campaign: 1796-1797 -- That beautiful Italy -- An Italian policy? -- On the road to Vienna -- Mombello -- Saving the Directory -- Campoformio -- Parisian interlude -- Part IV. The Egyptian Expedition: 1798-1799 -- The road to the Indies -- The conquest of the Nile -- Governing Egypt -- Jaffa -- The return from the orient -- Part V. Crossing the Rubicon: 1799 -- The conspiracy -- Brumaire -- Part VI. A king for the revolution: 1799-1802 -- First Consul -- First steps -- From the Tuileries to Marengo -- Works and days -- The turning point of 1801 -- Peace with the church -- The top of the ladder.
9780674425996
Emperors--France--Biography.
Heads of state--France--Biography.
Electronic Books.
DC205 / .B663 2015
Bonaparte : 1769-1802 / Patrice Gueniffey ; translated by Steven Rendall. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (viii, 1008 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769-1793 -- An Italian family in Corsica -- A French upbringing -- The French officer and the Corsican patriot -- The revolutionary of Ajaccio -- Lost illusions -- Part II. Entry into the scene: 1793-1796 -- Toulon -- In search of a future -- Happiness -- Part III. The Italian Campaign: 1796-1797 -- That beautiful Italy -- An Italian policy? -- On the road to Vienna -- Mombello -- Saving the Directory -- Campoformio -- Parisian interlude -- Part IV. The Egyptian Expedition: 1798-1799 -- The road to the Indies -- The conquest of the Nile -- Governing Egypt -- Jaffa -- The return from the orient -- Part V. Crossing the Rubicon: 1799 -- The conspiracy -- Brumaire -- Part VI. A king for the revolution: 1799-1802 -- First Consul -- First steps -- From the Tuileries to Marengo -- Works and days -- The turning point of 1801 -- Peace with the church -- The top of the ladder.
9780674425996
Emperors--France--Biography.
Heads of state--France--Biography.
Electronic Books.
DC205 / .B663 2015