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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.
"Be it so!" rejoined Napoleon; "we will write our Memoirs." [1] At some point Las Cases began a daily routine of transcribing notes of the Emperor's conversation, leaving his son Emmanuel the task of producing a fair copy. From time to time Las Cases would provide Napoleon with excerpts to read, thus assuring himself of Napoleon's imprimatur. [2]
Stephen Ambrose borrowed the phrase "Band of Brothers" for the title of his 1992 book on E Company of the 101st Airborne during World War II; it was later adapted into the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers. In the closing scene of the series, Carwood Lipton quotes from Shakespeare's speech. [4] The 2016 videogame We Happy Few takes its name from ...
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 ...
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.