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Napoleon Bonaparte Biography
From Corsican Boy to Emperor of the French: His Rise, Austerlitz, the Retreat from Moscow, Waterloo and Exile on St Helena, and What Is Legend and What Is FactBy Imad Muratspahic
Length2h 48m
About this audiobook
He was born on an island that had just changed flags, spoke French with an accent, and rose to rule most of Europe before he turned forty-five. Then he lost it all, twice, and died on a rock in the South Atlantic. Napoleon Bonaparte Biography is a short, readable, even-handed life of the Corsican who became Emperor of the French. It follows the man rather than just the battles: the boy at a strict military school, the young gunner who made his name at Toulon, the husband who wrote to Josephine from the Italian front, the First Consul who gave France a bank, schools and a law code, and the emperor whose wars finally outran his armies. It is a single-volume story, not a battle-by-battle manual and not a general history of the French Revolution, so you can finish it in a few evenings and come away with the whole arc in your head. Inside, you'll discover: Written for curious readers, students and travellers heading to Paris or the field of Waterloo, this biography keeps the reforms and the wars side by side and lets you judge for yourself.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length2 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 13, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Napoleon Bonaparte Biography
2Important Notice
3Under the Golden Dome
4Chapter 1: A Corsican Born Between Two Flags
5Chapter 2: Cadet, Gunner, Survivor
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6Chapter 3: Josephine and the Army of Italy
7Chapter 4: Pyramids, Plague and the Coup of Brumaire
8Chapter 5: First Consul: Banks, Schools and a Code of Law
9Chapter 6: Crown, Cannon and the Sun of Austerlitz
10Chapter 7: Jena, Eylau and Wagram: Europe at His Feet
11Chapter 8: Smuggled Sugar and the Spanish Ulcer
12Chapter 9: 1812: The March to Moscow and Back
13Chapter 10: Leipzig, Paris and the Island of Elba
14Chapter 11: The Hundred Days and Waterloo
15Chapter 12: Longwood: Exile, Death and the Cause Debate
16Reformer, Warlord, Legend
17Quick Reference
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