{"product_id":"9780349112886","title":"The Rise And Fall Of Napoleon Vol 1","description":"Author: Robert Asprey\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349112886\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Oct 2001\u003cbr\u003ePages: 608 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince his untimely death aged fifty-one in 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte has been too often the victim of biographical revisionism that treats him either as a demi-god or as devil incarnate. In the first of this monumental new two-volume biography, Robert Asprey has preferred to treat him as a human being. The Rise and Fall of Napoleon (Volume 1: The Rise) chronicles the beginning of this most extraordinary of lives, from Napoleon's birth in 1769 to the historic Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, when he brilliantly defeated the Austro-Russian armies. What emerges is both a fascinating and contradictory figure: a child of the French Revolution who grew to be its master; who exploited the national will for what he believed to be the national good; who converted the surging passions of thirty million persons into an irresistible force to challenge and often topple archaic thrones; whose desire for European reforms ultimately fell victim to feudal superstition and misery. Based on years of research, Robert Asprey tells this remarkable tale with the even-handedness such a major historical figure deserves. He presents Napoleon as he was - a man dedicated to his vision of himself and his empire.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47901042016414,"sku":"ING-9780349112886","price":52.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349112886.jpg?v=1782352251","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349112886","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}