The story of how the scion of a backward Corsican family became ruler of France at the age of 30, its first Emperor at 35 and in less than 15 years conquered half of Europe in the Mediterranean world is an extraordinary one. Napoleon is remembered for his exploits on the field of battle. This book aims to modify that view. "His greatest conquest was not Europe", argues the author, "but the French Revolution. His lasting monument is not the Arc de Triomphe or the Flags at the Invalides, but the laws and institutions in which he adapted the ideas of 1789 to the traditions of the monarchy, and enabled France to survive three invasions and a century and a half of political unrest".
- ISBN10 0631175628
- ISBN13 9780631175629
- Publish Date 28 June 1990 (first published December 1952)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 November 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Blackwell Publishers
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 448
- Language English