The Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert B. Asprey
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1805-1821
- Setting: Europe
- Principal Characters: Napoleon Bonaparte, Empress Josephine, Empress Marie Louise, Marie Walewska, Clemens von Metternich
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Dictators, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, War, Politicians, Conquest, Heads of state
- Locales: Europe
Robert Asprey’s The Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte is the second of a two-part biography. The first volume, The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte (2000), chronicled Napoleon’s improbable journey from birth in a Corsican cave to glory as emperor of France. This second installment picks up Napoleon’s story right after Austerlitz, his most brilliantly fought battle. There Napoleon had defeated and humiliated the Austrian and Russian empires, making him the master of continental Europe. From this high point, Asprey traces the gradual decline of Napoleon’s fortunes, as his own...
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