Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume I-V
By Walter Scott
Length115h 48m
About this audiobook
As Napoleon did everyone the courtesy of leaving behind a rich and complicated wake, Scott was able in this volume to forgo his usual tendency of shoehorning some hapless everyman into European history, and instead adhere to the story of the Emperor himself. Free from any obligation to narrative invention, Scott delivers a whirlwind, no-frills account that avoids, when possible, condoning or condemning Bonaparte. As a historical fetishist, Scott doesn't hesitate to throw around the names of political and military actors with minimal exposition. He excels at describing, sometimes in tedious detail, the complicated military manoeuvres that characterised Napoleon's strategic brilliance. If you can keep up with Scott's historical dexterity, this is some of the work's best material: the journey from military prodigy toying with the Austrian empire, to his dazzling Italian adventures, to being relegated to a quagmire campaign in Egypt by the French powers-that-be, to his antagonistic return to Paris. This is all sharply recounted and the reader is ready to cheer when the young general turns the tables on the French legislature and assumes the mantle of power. (Goodreads)
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length115 hrs 48 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 18, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ADVERTISEMENT
26CHAPTER IV.
2ADVERTISEMENT TO EDITION 1834.
27CHAPTER V.
3CHAPTER I.
28CHAPTER VI.
4CHAPTER II.
29CHAPTER VII.
5CHAPTER III.
30CHAPTER VIII.
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6CHAPTER IV.
31CHAPTER IX.
7CHAPTER V.
32CHAPTER X.
8CHAPTER VI.
33CHAPTER XI.
9CHAPTER VII.
34CHAPTER XII.
10CHAPTER VIII.
35CHAPTER XIII.
11CHAPTER IX.
36CHAPTER XIV.
12CHAPTER X.
37CHAPTER XV.
13CHAPTER XI.
38CHAPTER XVI.
14CHAPTER XII.
39CHAPTER XVII.
15CHAPTER XIII.
40CHAPTER XVIII.
16CHAPTER XIV.
41CHAPTER XIX.
17CHAPTER XV.
42CHAPTER XX.
18CHAPTER XVI.
43CHAPTER XXI.
19CHAPTER XVII.
44CHAPTER XXII.
20CHAPTER XVIII.
45CHAPTER XXIII.
21FOOTNOTES: (pt. 1)
46CHAPTER XXIV.
22FOOTNOTES: (pt. 2)
47APPENDIX.
23CHAPTER I.
48FOOTNOTES: (pt. 1)
24CHAPTER II.
49FOOTNOTES: (pt. 2)
25CHAPTER III.
50CHAPTER XXV.
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