Napoleon and the Revolution

by Jordan, David P.

• ISBN13: 9780230362819
• ISBN10: 0230362818
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-21
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

David P. Jordan was born in Detroit, Michigan, and educated at the University of Michigan and Yale University, USA. He is the author of books on Edward Gibbon, the French Revolution, and Paris, is a passionate chamber music player and lives with his wife and daughter in Chicago, where he taught for many years.

Table of Contents

"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