Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Napoleon Bonaparte [b] (born Napoleone Buonaparte; [1] [c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
The painting was ordered by the state after Napoleon had become emperor, and it had a clear propaganda purpose. [2] As for eyewitnesses, in General Berthier's campaign report there is no mention about such an event. [2] Bourrienne, Bonaparte's private secretary, wrote only that the general crossed the lazaretto at a fast pace. [2]
Historian J. David Markham, who also serves as head of the International Napoleonic Society, [13] alleged in his book Napoleon For Dummies "Napoleon's detractors like to say that he snatched the crown from the pope, or that this was an act of unbelievable arrogance, but neither of those charges holds water. The most likely explanation is that ...
German historiography may count the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9–1801/2), during which Napoleon had seized power, as the Erster Napoleonischer Krieg ("First Napoleonic War"). [ 50 ] In Dutch historiography, it is common to refer to the 7 major wars between 1792 and 1815 as the Coalition Wars ( coalitieoorlogen ), referring to the first ...
The Coalition Crumbles, Napoleon Returns: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 2. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-3034-9; Gat, Azar (2001). A history of military thought: from the Enlightenment to the Cold War. Oxford (GB): Oxford University Press.
With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign. Knight, Roger (2015). Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization Of Victory; 1793-1815. Penguin. ISBN 978-0141038940. Lieven, Dominic (2010). Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace. Nafziger, George (2009). Napoleon's Invasion of Russia.
President-elect Trump has selected retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to be secretary of defense -- and he is eminently quotable. 19 unforgettable quotes from legendary Marine General James 'Mad Dog ...
Jonathan Spencer has written two espionage books set in 1798, Napoleon's Run and Lords of the Nile (The William John Hazzard Series, both 2020). Nick S. Thomas has written a series of books about Captain James Craven, "a prizefighter and rogue", set in the Peninsular War. The first, Craven's War: A Call to Arms, was published in August 2020.