TY - BOOK AU - Roberts,Andrew TI - Napoleon: a life SN - 9780670025329 AV - DC203 .R6825 2014 U1 - 944.05/092B 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York, New York PB - Viking KW - Napoleon KW - Emperors KW - France KW - Biography KW - History KW - 1789-1815 N1 - "First published in Great Britain by Allan Lane"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Rise. Corsica -- Revolution -- Desire -- Italy -- Victory -- Peace -- Egypt -- Acre -- Brumaire -- Mastery. Consul -- Marengo -- Lawgiver -- Plots -- Amiens -- Coronation -- Austerlitz -- Jena -- Blockades -- Tllsit -- Iberia -- Wegram -- Zenith -- Denouement. Russia -- Trapped -- Retreat -- Resilience -- Leipzig -- Defiance -- Elba -- Waterloo -- St. Helena N2 - The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War and the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation ER -