Title
Napoleon and the Revolution [electronic resource] / David P. Jordan.
ISBN
9781137035264 (electronic bk.)
9780230362819
Imprint
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 327 p.) : ill.
Call Number
DC201 .J66 2012eb
Summary
Napoleon was much more than a warlord consumed by vanity and ambition. He was the very spirit of the militant Revolution. Virtually everything he did during the fifteen years of his preponderance was derived from and linked to the French Revolution. Much of his hold over contemporaries was his embodiment of the aspirations as well as the boundless energy of the Revolution. Even his enemies, foreign and domestic, were fascinated by the man and uniformly saw him as 'the Revolution on horseback'. He fought off vengeful reactionary powers long enough for the Revolution to sink deep and permanent roots in France. The Allies who finally defeated Napoleon found it impossible to undo his subversive work - the genii of the Revolution was out of the bottle, and for good. Through his incessant table talk and dictated autobiography he focused the attention of posterity, inculcating his version of himself, events, and their significance.
"This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-316) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Prologue: Napoleon and the French Revolution: Becoming a Revolutionary; First Revolutionary Steps; Italy: the Imperial Revolution; Egypt; Power
Entr'acte: Revolution and Empire: The Weapons of Revolution
Entr'acte: A Sighting in Jena: Napoleon at Zenith
Entr'acte: Napoleon and the Political Culture of the French Revolution: Catastrophe and Decline
Entr'acte: Napoleon Explains the Revolution: Napoleon Brought to Bay; Ending the Revolution
Entr'acte: Reputation: The End of the End Game; Death and Rebirth
Epilogue: Napoleon and the Revolutionary Tradition
Appendix: Some Remarks about Arsenic Poisoning.
