A biography that acknowledges Napoleon's rise and downfall, his legend and his lasting legacy, the reshaping of France, her government and laws (the Code Napoleon) as well as his wider influence on the whole of Europe.
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Napoleon by Timothy Wilson Smith
This biography acknowledges Napoleon's rise and downfall, his legend and his lasting legacy, the reshaping of France, her government and laws (the Code Napoleon) as well as his wider influence on the whole of Europe.
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'Timothy Wilson Smith's brief life of the emperor ...puts his military exploits into persepective.' -- Simon Scott Plummer The Tablet
About Timothy Wilson Smith
Timothy Wilson-Smith is the author of the prize-winning Delacroix (1992), Napoleon and his Artists (1996), Caravaggio (1998) and Napoleon: Man of War, Man of Peace (2002). He has been a Chief Examiner at A Level for Renaissance Art, has lectured at the National Portrait Gallery and has broadcast on the BBC.
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