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COSIMO CLASSICS Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by M a Arnault C L F Panckouck Edited by William Hamliton Reid
This rare 1826 work published within living memory of Napoleons reign offers an astonishing firsthand look at the emperor as a leader and as a man. Compiled from numerous sources include the writings of French generals and other military leaders this is the joint work of French dramatist ANTOINEVINCENT ARNAULT (17661834) French editor CHARLES LOUIS FLEURY PANCKOUCKE (17801844) and British radical WILLIAM HAMILTON REID (17601826) and as such is one of the few crosscultural explorations of the man in his own day. Reid the guiding hand of this intriguing volume was wildly proNapoleon and this work is considered overly admiring by some. But that quality alone recommends it as one of the most fascinatingif least objectivediscussions of Napoleon available to readers today.show more