Bonaparte : : 1769–1802 / / Patrice Gueniffey.
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 a...
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| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
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Table of Contents:
- 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