300 Pages
    by Routledge

    300 Pages
    by Routledge

    This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the nature and mechanics of Napoleon's power, and how he used it. It explores Napoleon's rise to fame as a soldier of the French Revolution and his aims and achievements as first consul and emperor during the years 1799-1815.  

    Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Prelude to Power: The Formative Years, 1769–99; Chapter 3 The Elaboration of Power: Napoleonic Government; Chapter 4 The Territorial and Dynastic Extensions of Power: From Empire to ‘Grand Empire’; Chapter 5 The Social Accretions of Power: the Imperial; Notables; , Nobility, and ‘Spoils System’; Chapter 6 Representations of Power, For and Against: Public Opinion, Education, and the Arts; Chapter 7 The Historiographical Images of Power; Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Real Legacy;

    Biography

    Geoffrey Ellis