Napoleon I still polarises people and is usually presented either as a towering saviour or as an abysmal inhuman who was driven by spiralling events. In his slim and methodically thought-out biography, Klaus Deinet now sketches Napoleon's meteoric rise to his precipitous fall as a sequence of decisions that built on each other and were essentially made by Napoleon himself.
He contrasts military victories with the excessive overexertion of France's resources, political successes with glaring diplomatic missteps. Deinet succeeds in presenting the person of Napoleon as a single entity, even though it underwent massive changes. The result is a manageable, balanced and exciting biography that also takes account of the turbulent era.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Deinet, Klaus
Title
Napoleon Bonaparte. Das Leben einer Legende
Details
Paperback, 25 ill. 378 pp.
State
new
W. Kohlhammer GmbH Heßbrühlstr. 69 70565 Stuttgart Deutschland
