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Josephine: Napoleon's Incomparable Empress by Eleanor P Delorme Publisher Comments The romance between Josephine de Beauharnais and Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most dramatic in history, but the crucial role this beautiful, intelligent woman played in their partnership has never before been completely acknowledged. In this spirited... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Napoleon Bonaparte & the Legacy of the French Revolution #1: Napoleon Bonaparte and the Legacy of the French Revolution by Martyn Lyons Publisher Comments The Napoleonic period cannot be interpreted as a single historical 'block'. Bonaparte had many different persona: the Jacobin, the Republican, the reformer of the Consulate, the consolidator of the Empire and the 'liberal' of the Hundred Days. The... (read more) List Price $39.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life by Alan Schom Publisher Comments Chapter One "A Dangerous Islander" "I was born even as my country was perisbing." On December 17, 1778, thirty-two-year-old Carlo Maria (or Charles, as he now called himself) Buonaparte boarded a coastal vessel in the Corsican port of Ajaccio. At his... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Napoleon and the Rebel: A Story of Brotherhood, Passion, and Power by Marcello Simonetta Publisher Comments Lucien was the most talented of the Bonaparte brothers, who not only can be credited for helping Napoleon seize power, but who also had a promising political career of his own. He was a romantic, an idealist, and an anti-monarchist whose love for... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Napoleon & St Helena: On the Island of Exile by Johannes Willms Publisher Comments "A fascinating romp through Napoleonic history."—The New York Times Book Review Isolated in the vastness of the South Atlantic, St. Helena was for centuries important only as a victualling station for ships of the British East India Company. It was... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Napoleon and the Hundred Days by Stephen Coote Publisher Comments In Vienna, 1815, as the political aristocrats of Europe assemble to determine the fate of the continent after defeating Napoleon, the news arrived that Napoleon had escaped captivity and was returning to France. Bonaparte-the revolutionary turned emperor... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $3.98 Used - Hardcover
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The Age of Napoleon (Modern Library) by Alistair Horne Publisher Comments The age of Napoleon transformed Europe, laying the foundations for the modern world. Now Alistair Horne, one of the great chroniclers of French history gives us a fresh account of that remarkable time. Born into poverty on the remote island of Corsica... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Napoleon & St Helena: On the Island of Exile (Armchair Traveller) by Johannes Willms Publisher Comments St Helena is one of the most remote, and yet most famous, islands in the world-it was the final place of exile for Napoleon Bonaparte until his death in 1821. The island remains a place of mystery as a unique colonial survivor, with the island's... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Napoleon Bonaparte by Alan Schom Book News Annotation A comprehensive biography covering all aspects of Napoleon's life and career. Describes his military campaigns, his political and structural reorganization of the French government, and his relationships with his wives, mistresses, family members, and... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Fall of Napoleon, Volume I: The Allied Invasion of France, 1813-1814 (Cambridge Military Histories) by Michael Leggiere Publisher Comments Crushing defeats in Russia (1812) and Germany (1813) caused the collapse of Napoleon’s empire and brought his enemies to the Rhine River at the close of 1813. With a depleted and exhausted army, Napoleon attempted to direct the defense of his... (read more) List Price $47.75 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire by Flora Fraser Publisher Comments From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, the brilliant life of Napoleons favorite sister. Celebrated for her looks, notorious for her passions, immortalized by Antonio Canovas statue, and always deeply loyal to her brother, Pauline Bonaparte Borghese is a... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Napoleon: The Path to Power by Philip Dwyer Publisher Comments At just thirty years of age, Napoleon Bonaparte ruled the most powerful country in Europe. But the journey that led him there was neither inevitable nor smooth. This authoritative biography focuses on the evolution of Napoleon as a leader and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Napoleon in Egypt by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments “Europe is a molehill….” Everything here is worn out…tiny Europe has not enough to offer. We must set off for the Orient; that is where all the greatest glory is to be achieved.” Napoleon Napoleons invasion of Egypt was the... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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France Under Napoleon by Louis Bergeron Review Bergeron, a distinguished French historian with sympathies for the Annales school, has produced an excellent social history of France in the Napoleonic period.... Highly recommended. -- "Library Journal... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Napoleon's Sorcerers: The Sophisians by Darius A Spieth Publisher Comments During Napoleon's rule, Freemasonic circles in France invented rituals that allegedly first took place in the temple structures of ancient Egypt. This book looks at the cultural environment and intellectual background of one such pseudo-Egyptian secret... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Napoleon: A Biography by Frank Mclynn Publisher Comments Author McLynn explores the Promethean legend from his Corsican roots, through the chaotic years of the French Revolution and his extraordinary military triumphs, to the coronation in 1804, to his fatal decision in 1812 to add Russia to his seemingly... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Napoleon's Letters by J M Thompson Publisher Comments Three hundred letters, edited and translated by a leading Napoleonic scholar, offer a direct insight into the mind of one of the greatest soldiers and most interesting figures in history. During his lifetime, Napoleon wrote 60,000 letters, 41,000 of... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Josephine: A Life of the Empress (Us) by Carolly Erickson Publisher Comments In 1804, when Josephine Bonaparte knelt before her husband, Napoleon, to receive the imperial diadem, few in the vast crowd of onlookers were aware of the dark secrets hidden behind the imperial façade. To her subjects, she appeared to vet hew... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Age of Napoleon by J Christopher Herold Publisher Comments Called an outstanding work of popular history by The New York Times, this book is the biography of an enigmatic and legendary personality, as well as the portrait of an entire age. The author explores relevant political, cultural, military, commercial... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Napoleon by Frank Mclynn Publisher Comments 'Napoleon Bonaparte\'s character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling biography, Frank McLynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men--as military... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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