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'War and Peace' has been described as the Illiad and the Odyssey of the Russian people, with just cause. This is a work that speaks to the meaning and hope of life. Tolstoy's realism forced him to strip away much of the glorification of war and show the realities. Yet Tolstoy presents the events of 1812 as a moral crusade, and that the Russians won against the Napoleonic onslaught because of their adherence to simple, good and true virtues (as much...
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A fictionalized account of the life of Josephine Bonaparte that examines her childhood on the Caribbean island of Martinique, marriage to a young French aristocrat, relationships with some of France's most powerful political figures, affair and marriage to Napoleon, and other related topics.
9) Napoleon
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1987,c1986
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Traces the life of the powerful French military and political leader, focusing on the Napoleonic Wars.
10) Napoleon
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A biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing his life and quest for power from his birthplace on the island of Corsica to his exile and death on St. Helena.
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c2005
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June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon and his hastily formed legions clashed with the Anglo-Allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington -- the only time the two greatest military strategists of their age faced each other in combat.
With precision and elegance, Andrew Roberts sets...
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