Napoleon : the immortal emperor / Gérard Gengembre ; in collaboration with Pierre Jean Chalenc̦on and David Chanteranne.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Napoléon. English
Main Author: Gengembre, Gérard
Other Authors: Chalençon, Pierre Jean
Chanteranne, David
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: New York : Vendome Press : [Distributed by H.N. Abrams], 2003.
Subjects:
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821.
Emperors > France > Biography.
France > History > 1789-1815.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The mark of the eagle
  • Napoleon on his own
  • It all beings with propaganda
  • The sword of the Revolution
  • The savior of the Republic
  • A Washington for the French
  • A Charlemagne for modern times
  • Imperator, master of Europe
  • Island to island
  • The great man of the 19th century
  • 'I am called to change the world'
  • Death and transfiguration
  • The Napoleon of the Romantics
  • From usurper and ogre to the Antichrist
  • From national hero to the victor of 1918
  • Napoleon: a myth of the 20th century
  • The Napoleons of the 20th century
  • Napoleon superstar
  • At the heart of history and politics
  • The territories of the sacred
  • Collections and auctions: the living tomb
  • At the dawn of the third millennium.