{"product_id":"napoleon-a-biography-paperback","title":"Napoleon: A Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank McLynn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis acclaimed biography of one history's great figures--called \"monumental\"\u003ci\u003e (Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), \"brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, London) and \"a rounded and persuasive portrait\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eis now available in a new edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Napoleon Bonaparte's character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling biography, Frank McLynn has drawn on exhaustive research and the most recent scholarship to throw a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men--as military leader, lover, and emperor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracing Napoleon's extraordinary career, McLynn examines the Promethean legend from his Corsican roots, through the chaotic years of the French Revolution and his extraordinary military triumphs, to the coronation in 1804, his fateful decision in 1812 to add Russia to his seemingly endless conquests, and his ultimate defeat, imprisonment, and death on Saint Helena. Napoleon the man emerges as an even more fascinating character than previously imagined, and McLynn brilliantly reveals the extent to which he was both existential hero and plaything of Fate; mathematician and mystic; intellectual giant and moral pygmy; Great Man and deeply flawed human being.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank McLynn\u003c\/b\u003e was educated at Oxford and the University of London. A full-time writer, he won the 1985 Cheltenham Prize for Literature for \u003ci\u003eThe Jacobite Army in England\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of a number of acclaimed biographies, including \u003ci\u003eRichard and John: Kings at War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eVilla and Zapata\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e1066\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHeroes \u0026amp; Villains\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 768\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53738496491884,"sku":"9781951627546","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/35fd25926f0b2f309c48b0d378df8966.webp?v=1778436856","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/napoleon-a-biography-paperback","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}