The Eagle in Splendour: Inside the Court of Napoleon - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Tauris ParkeISBN-13:9780755645831ISBN-10:755645839UPC:9780755645831Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, ModernBook Topic:France, 18th Century, 19th CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCDG48PEXR
The Eagle in Splendour: Inside the Court of Napoleon
"When I think of the great Emperor, in my mind's eye it is summer again, all gold and green." Heinrich Heine
The court of Napoleon I, in its grandeur and extravagance, surpassed even that of that the Sun King. Napoleon's palaces at Saint-Cloud and the Tuileries were the centres of his power, the dazzling reflection of the greatest empire in modern European history. Napoleon's military conquests...Language:EnglishPublisher:Tauris ParkeISBN-13:9780755645831ISBN-10:755645839UPC:9780755645831Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, ModernBook Topic:France, 18th Century, 19th CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCDG48PEXR
Philip Mansel, who has lived and taught in Paris, is one of Britain's leading historians of France and the Ottoman Empire. His first book, Louis XVIII, together with subsequent works such as Paris Between Empires, 1814-1852, established him as an authority on the later French monarchy. Mansel's acclaimed Constantinople: City of the World's Desire was described by William Dalrymple as 'An...
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