The Death Of Napoleon The Last Campaign

Author : J Thomas Hindmarsh
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 146531508X
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of Napoleon: the Last Campaign written by J Thomas Hindmarsh and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-12-14 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5th, 1821 on the island of St Helena from complications of stomach cancer proven by autopsy. However, when analyses of trace elements on single strands of hair became available in the 1960s, it was found that some samples of his hair contained increased levels of arsenic which lead to claims that he had been deliberately poisoned. This book written by an expert toxiciologist and a surgeon/Napoleon scholar examines the proof for the diagnosis of stomach cancer. Also it reviews the evidence for arsenic poisoning and denounces this as a myth, based upon the absence of all the specific features and many of the cardinal non-specific features of arsenic poisoning, thus confirming that the Emperor died from stomach cancer.

Author : Simon Leys
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590178424
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of Napoleon written by Simon Leys and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes exile just before death in this quirky alternate history novel that reimagines the life of the great French emperor. “This comic tale of Napoleon’s imaginary yet all-too-human tribulations poses serious questions about the relationship of truth, history and imagination.” —The Wall Street Journal Napoleon has escaped from St. Helena, leaving a double behind him. Now disguised as the cabin hand Eugène Lenormand and enduring the mockery of the crew (Na­po­leon, they laughingly nickname the pudgy, hopelessly clumsy little man), he is on his way back to Europe, ready to make contact with the huge secret organization that will return him to power. But then the ship on which he sails is rerouted from Bordeaux to Antwerp. When Napoleon disembarks, he is on his own. He revisits the battlefield of Waterloo, now a tourist destination. He makes his way to Paris. Mistakes, misunderstandings, and mishaps conduct our puzzled hero deeper and deeper into the mystery of Napoleon. Adapted into Alan Taylor’s 2001 film The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Death of Napoleon is a smart alternative history for the Napoleon obsessed—as deep and compelling as it is quirky and fresh.

Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781853266874
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waterloo written by Christopher Hibbert and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1998 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterloo was the battle that ended Napolean's dreams of a European empire unified under his rule. Christopher Hibbert creates portraits of Napoleon and Wellington, of the French, English and Prussian armies, and a strategical, step-by-step reconstruction of the events that led up to the battle and the battle itself. Divided into three parts, the first studies Napoleon and his rise to power, the second describes Wellington and the allied armies, while the third reconstructs the battle of Waterloo. A final summary investigates the significance of the battles on world history.

Author : F. LORAINE. PETRE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033301548
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NAPOLEON'S LAST CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY, 1813 written by F. LORAINE. PETRE and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Francis Loraine Petre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813 written by Francis Loraine Petre and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)
Publisher : Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoléon's Last Will and Testament written by Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) and published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was released on 1977 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Philip Lawford
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon written by James Philip Lawford and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 1977 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : F. Loraine Petre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332838066
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813 (Classic Reprint) written by F. Loraine Petre and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813 In the campaign of I 8 I 3, described in the present volume, it is only at times that the ame of his genius burns with its Old vigour. Time after time he seems to lose sight of the real objective, and to hanker after secondary Objectives and the occupation of mere geographical points, the attain ment Of which would inevitably have followed on success in the true Objective, the decisive defeat Of the enemy's main army. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author : David G. Chandler
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1230 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Campaigns of Napoleon written by David G. Chandler and published by New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1966 with total page 1230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex -- an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions, which by themselves went a long way towards baffling and dazing his conventionally-minded opponents into that state of disconcerting moral disequilibrium which so often resulted in their catastrophic defeat." The Campaigns of Napoleon is an exhaustive analysis and critique of Napoleon's art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career. Napoleon disavowed any suggestion that he worked from formula ("Je n'ai jamais eu un plan d'opérations"), but military historian David Chandler demonstrates this was at best only a half-truth. To be sure, every operation Napoleon conducted contained unique improvisatory features. But there were from the first to the last certain basic principles of strategic maneuver and battlefield planning that he almost invariably put into practice. To clarify these underlying methods, as well as the style of Napoleon's fabulous intellect, Mr. Chandler examines in detail each campaign mounted and personally conducted by Napoleon, analyzing the strategies employed, revealing wherever possible the probable sources of his subject's military ideas. The book opens with a brief account of Bonaparte's early years, his military education and formative experiences, and his meteoric rise to the rank of general in the army of the Directory. Introducing the elements of Napoleonic "grand tactics" as they developed in his Italian, Egyptian, and Syrian campaigns, Mr. Chandler shows how these principles were clearly conceived as early as the Battle of Castiglione, when Napoleon was only twenty -six. Several campaigns later, he was Emperor of France, busily constructing the Grande Armée. This great war machine is described in considerable detail: the composition of the armies and the élite Guard; the staff system and the methods of command; the kind of artillery and firearms used; and the daily life of the Grande Armée and the all-seeing and all-commanding virtuoso who presided over every aspect of its operation in the field. As the great machine sweeps into action in the campaigns along the Rhine and the Danube, in East Prussia and Poland, and in Portugal and Spain, David Chandler follows closely every move that vindicates -- or challenges -- the legend of Napoleon's military genius. As the major battles take their gory courses -- Austerlitz, Jena, Fried-land -- we see Napoleon's star reaching its zenith. Then, in the Wagram Campaign of 1809 against the Austrians -- his last real success -- the great man commits more errors of judgment than in all his previous wars and battles put together. As the campaigns rage on, his declining powers seem to justify his own statement: "One has but a short time for war." Then the horrors of the Russian campaign forever shatter the image of Napoleonic invincibility. It is thereafter a short, though heroic and sanguinary, road to Waterloo and St. Helena. Napoleon appears most strikingly in these pages as the brilliant applier of the ideas of others rather than as an original military thinker, his genius proving itself more practical than theoretical. Paradoxically, this was both his chief strength and his main weakness as a general. After bringing the French army a decade of victory, his methods became increasingly stereotyped and, even worse, were widely copied by his foes, who operated against him with increasing effectiveness toward the end of his career. Yet even though his enemies attempted to imitate his techniques, as have others in the last century and a half, no one ever equaled his success. As these meticulous campaign analyses testify, his multifaceted genius was unique. Even as the end approached, as David Chandler points out, his eclipse was "the failure of a giant surrounded by pygmies." "The flight of the eagle was over; the 'ogre' was safely caged at last, and an exhausted Europe settled down once more to attempt a return to former ways of life and government. But the shade of Napoleon lingered on irresistibly for many years after his death in 1821. It lingers yet."

Author : F. Loraine Petre
Publisher : Greenhill Books
ISBN 13 : 9781853674419
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Campaign In Poland 1806-1807 written by F. Loraine Petre and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2006-02-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLY after the tragic death of the duc d'Enghien, on the 21st March, 1804, Napoleon, then first consul for life, took measures to induce the French senate to propose his elevation to the Imperial dignity. • A comprehensive study of Napoleon’s campaign in Poland • Describes such key battles as Eylau, Heilsberg and Friedland • A remarkable insight into Napoleon’s genius for war After Napoleon’s humiliation of Prussia, on the field Jena, the French Emperor turned his attention to subduing his Russian foe and marched into Poland in the winter of 1806. Six months later, the Russians had been beaten and brought to the peace table and Napoleon was at the height of his power. In his detailed study of this remarkable episode of Napoleonic history, F. Loraine Petre follows every move of the campaign. He assesses the defeat of Prussia, analyses the strengths and weaknesses of both Napoleon’s army and that of his Russian opponents, details the bloody battle of Eylau – where Napoleon’s troops were fought to a standstill in the snows of a Polish winter – and describes Napoleon’s crushing victory over the Russian at Friedland. F. Loraine Petre’s campaign studies are renowned for their scope, detail and clarity, and Napoleon’s Campaign in Poland is a brilliant overview of Napoleon’s vaunted army confronting some of its most worthy opponents. F. Loraine Petre was a distinguished military historian and student of Napoleonic tactics and strategy. He wrote a number of formative campaign studies, including Napoleon’s Conquest of Prussia, Napoleon’s Last Campaign in Germany and Napoleon at Bay.