Napoleon - In a Nutshell

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Label
Naxos AudioBooks
Release Date
May 1, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      NEIL WENBORN
    • PERFORMER
      Rupert Degas
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 01, 2011
    • UPC
      9781843795216
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NA0059
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioBooks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Non-Fiction
    Works ⌄

    1. 'In our time,' Napoleon once remarked…

    2. The man who was to become Napoleon I, Emperor of the French…

    3. In the short term however, Napoleon's visibility after Toulon…

    4. This spectacular turnaround in Napoleon's professional prospects

    5. In December 1797 Napoleon returned to Paris.

    6. His timing was perfect.

    7. As First Consul, Napoleon would apply to the rebuilding…

    8. Perhaps most significant of all…

    9. Meanwhile, however, the Peace of Amiens was already breaking…

    10. So it was, that in the late summer of 1805…

    11. With the end of the Fourth Coalition…

    12. The years after Wagram saw the Spanish conflict drag on…

    13. Napoleon would describe Borodino as 'the most terrible…'

    14. When hostilities resumed…

    15. Thus began the period known as the Hundred Days…


Napoleon is one of the giants of modern history. From the last days of the French Revolution to the epochal battle of Waterloo he bestrode the political landscape of Europe like a colossus, and the age to which he gave his name remains one of the most tumultuous in the history of the continent. But who was Napoleon Bonaparte? And why does he still arouse such powerful passions? This audiobook traces the remarkable rise and fall of a man who, as military leader and lawgiver, left his mark on the lives of millions in France and beyond, and whose presence continues to be felt in Europe and the wi.