The Age Of Napoleon Author:J. Christopher herold Few melodramas could match the age of Napoleon-a pageant played to the thunder of artillery and the clash of imperial eagles. It was so crowded with violence, brilliance, intrigue, opulence, and sheer driving energy that today, a century and a half later, our world still bears its stamp in countless ways-from tactics of war to codes of law, from... more » styles in dress and dictators to sterotypes of the self-made man.
Napoleon's spectacular career spanned barely two decades-from the Terror to Waterloo. Yet it created an imperishable legend.« less