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020			_a9781849164108 (hbk.)
020			_a9781780872506
020			_a184916410X (hbk.)
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100	1		_aForrest, Alan I.
245	1	0	_aNapoleon / _cAlan Forrest.
260			_aLondon : _bQuercus, _c2011.
300			_axii, 403 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 371-385) and index.
520			_aOn a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. The return of their long-dead Emperor's corpse from the Island of St Helena was a moment that Paris had eagerly awaited, though many feared that the memories stirred would serve to further destabilize a country that had struggled for order and direction since he had been sent into exile. In this book, Alan Forrest, tells the remarkable story of how the son of a Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe, a man whose charisma and legacy endured after his lonely death many thousands of miles from the country whose fate had become so entwined with his own. Along the way, Alan Forrest also cuts away the many layers of myth and counter myth that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who mixed history and legend promiscuously and, drawing on original research and his own distinguished background in French history, demonstrates that Napoleon was as much a product of his times as their creator.
600	0	0	_aNapoleon _bI, _cEmperor of the French, _d1769-1821.
650		0	_aEmperors _zFrance _vBiography.
651		0	_aFrance _xHistory _yConsulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.
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