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1) War and peace

Author

Series

Everyman's library
Great books of the Western World volume 51
Easy Classics Epic Collection
Penguin classics deluxe edition
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Formats

Book, CD, Playaway

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War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleons war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoys view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoys philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery.

2) The Bonapartes

Author

Stacton, David

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

1966

3) The secret life of Josephine: Napoleon's bird of paradise

Author

Erickson, Carolly

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A fictionalized account of the life of Josephine Bonaparte that examines her childhood on the Caribbean island of Martinique, marriage to a young French aristocrat, relationships with some of France's most powerful political figures, affair and marriage to Napoleon, and other related topics.

4) Napoleon and Josephine: the biography of a marriage

Author

Mossiker, Frances

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

1964.

5) Josephine: a life of the empress

Author

Erickson, Carolly

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

[1999]

Edition

First U.S. edition.

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A biography of Napoleon's much envied and ultimately tragic wife traces her origins on the island of Martinique to her crowning as Empress in 1804 and subsequent fall from grace

6) Napoleon, the last phase

Author

mrose, 5th earl of

Publisher

Harper and brothers

Pub. Date

1900

7) Napoleon

Author

Weidhorn, Manfred

Publisher

ATHENEUM

Pub. Date

1986

8) Napoleon on Napoleon: an autobiography of the emporer

Author

Chair, Somerset de

Publisher

Cassell

Pub. Date

1992

9) The horizon book of the age of Napoleon

Author

Horizon Magazine

Publisher

AMERICAN HERITAGE

Pub. Date

1963

10) Waterloo: June 18, 1815: the battle for modern Europe

Author

Roberts, Andrew

Series

Making History

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

c2005

Edition

1st ed.

Description

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June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon and his hastily formed legions clashed with the Anglo-Allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington -- the only time the two greatest military strategists of their age faced each other in combat. With precision and elegance, Andrew Roberts sets...

11) Napoleon

Author

Blackwood, Alan

Publisher

Bookwright

Pub. Date

1987,c1986

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Traces the life of the powerful French military and political leader, focusing on the Napoleonic Wars.

12) Napoleon

Author

Johnson, Paul

Publisher

Penguin Group

Pub. Date

2002

Edition

1st

13) The Napoleonic source book

Author

Haythornthwaite, Philip J

Pub. Date

1990

14) Napoleon and the hundred days

Author

Coote, Stephen

Publisher

Da Capo Press

Pub. Date

2004

Edition

1st

15) Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe

Author

Gulland, Sandra

Series

The Josephine B. trilogy volume 2

Publisher

Scribner Paperback Fiction

Pub. Date

1999.

Edition

First Scribner Paperback Fiction edition.

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Josephine is witness to futher battles and scandal of the Revolution. Napoleon is victorious in his wars, and is elevated in popularity. Soon, after more scandal, the Directors of the Revolution are overcome and Josephine and Napoleon are the new leaders of France. This novel ends with the couple moving in to the palace.