Meneval, Claude-Francoisbaron de1778-1850creatorJones, Proctor.Zieseniss, Charles-Otto1915-2000textbibliographybiographyHistoryBiographiesnyuNew York, NYDistributed by Random House�19921992monographicengfre

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xxxvi, 444 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmThis volume is filled with hundreds of paintings, engravings, maps, and reproductions of original letters covering Napoleon's career as soldier, lover, and imperial head of state.TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The consulate -- Preparation for empire -- The empire, the outset -- Interlude -- The battlefield campaigns to the east Germany, Austria, Poland -- Civil matters -- Spanish problems -- The threat renewed -- The divorce, the second empress, and the king of Rome -- The calm before the storm -- The circle begins to close -- The Russian campaign -- "The bow is overstretched" -- Last stand at Dresden and Leipzig -- The campaign of France -- Betrayal, abdication, and the not-so-final curtain.Proctor Jones, with assistance by Charles-Otto Zieseniss.Selections from the memoirs of Baron Claude-Fran�cois de M�eneval and Louis Constant Wairy, first secretary and first valet to Napoleon Bonaparte, respectively.Includes index.e-fr---I, Emperor of the FrenchNapoleon1769-1821Wairy, Louis Constant1778-1845 1799-1815 fast ContemporariesKings and rulersFranceKings and rulersBiographyFranceHistoryConsulate and First Empire, 1799-1815DC203 .M52Wairy, Louis Constant,1778-1845M�eneval, Claude-Fran�cois, baron de, 1778-1850.New York, NY : Distributed by Random House, �1992(OCoLC)692541056067941458497806794145829205351492020420241125114221.0ocm27073293 eng