Napoleonic Wars (The Compact Guide)
Richard Holmes
This outstandingly vivid and accessible book, written by one of Britain's leading historians, provides the essential overview of Napoleon's career.
Beginning in revolutionary France with a brilliant young Lieutenant who still styled himself Napoleone di Buonaparte, Holmes examines every facet of his subject's military career: his astonishing victories at the Battle of the Pyramids, Marengo, Jena and Austerlitz, through to defeat and exile under the immense weight of the great powers who were determined to stop the man who would be emperor of Europe.
ISBN: 9780233005942
Author: Holmes, Richard
Publication date: 02/06/2020
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Beginning in revolutionary France with a brilliant young Lieutenant who still styled himself Napoleone di Buonaparte, Holmes examines every facet of his subject's military career: his astonishing victories at the Battle of the Pyramids, Marengo, Jena and Austerlitz, through to defeat and exile under the immense weight of the great powers who were determined to stop the man who would be emperor of Europe.
ISBN: 9780233005942
Author: Holmes, Richard
Publication date: 02/06/2020
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm