![]() ![]() ![]() Readers always want to understand what makes great historical figures tick. This massive biography not only sets forth Napoleon's deeds and acts but explores the motivations behind them. McLynn brilliantly reveals the extent to which Napoleon was both existential hero and plaything of Fate mathematician and mystic intellectual giant and moral pygmy great man and deeply flawed human being. ![]() Tracing Napoleon's extraordinary career, McLynn examines the Promethean legend from his Corsican roots, through the years of the French Revolution and his military triumphs, to his coronation in 1804 and ultimate defeat and imprisonment. In this compelling biography, Frank McLynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men-as military leader, lover, and emperor. Napoleon Bonaparte's character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. ![]()
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