Napoleon and the Revolution [Hardcover]

This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements.Preface Acknowledgements Prologue: Napoleon and the French Revolution Becoming a Revolutionary First Revolutionary Steps Italy the Imperial Revolution Egypt Power Entr'acte: Revolution and Empire The Weapons of Revolution Entr'acte: A Sighting in Jena Napoleon at Zenith Entr'acte: Napoleon and the Political Culture of the French Revolution Catastrophe and Decline Entr'acte: Napoleon Explains the Revolution Napoleon Brought to Bay Ending the Revolution Entr'acte: Reputation The End of the End Game Death and Rebirth Epilogue: Napoleon and the Revolutionary Tradition Appendix: Some Remarks about Arsenic Poisoning Notes Bibliography

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David Jordan has a clear thesis - that Napoleon not only inherited the political changes made possible by the French Revolution but inadvertantly helped to make them permanent. The book is written with a certain panache, and Napoleon emerges as a more complex figure than has been suggested by many of his biographers. - Professor Alan Forrest, University of York, UK

The excellent Napoleon and the Revolution is an admirable synthesis, which, without doubt, will enrich the bibliography in English and continue to make better known the reality of the man and his epoch. Thierry Lentz, Director, Fondation Napoleon, Paris

Through fresh readings of sources including Napoleon's own memoirs as well as his contemporaries' writings about him, David Jordan argues that, in spite of his authoritarian tendencies, Napoleon always remained a self-conscious child of the Revolution. At a time when many scholars have higl��