Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: Giving an Account of All His Engagements from the Siege of Toulon to the Battle of Waterloo (Two Volumes in One): 40180

This rare 1826 work published within living memory of Napoleons reign offers an astonishing firsthand look at the emperor as a leader and as a man. Compiled from numerous sources include the writings of French generals and other military leaders this is the joint work of French dramatist ANTOINE-VINCENT ARNAULT (1766-1834) French editor CHARLES LOUIS FLEURY PANCKOUCKE (1780-1844) and British radical WILLIAM HAMILTON REID (1760-1826) and as such is one of the few crosscultural explorations of the man in his own day. Reid the guiding hand of this intriguing volume was wildly pro-Napoleon and this work is considered overly admiring by some. But that quality alone recommends it as one of the most fascinating-if least objective-discussions of Napoleon available to readers today.