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ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: William Collins, London] Hardcover First Edition A very clean copy with some very minor shelf wear to the jacket. Heavy volume for outside NZ. 'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at its finest. Napoleon inspires passionately held and often conflicting visions. Was he a god-like genius, Romantic avatar, megalomaniac monster, compulsive warmonger or just a nasty little dictator? [Tararua, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2018]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: William Collins] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Foxing to the pages [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: William Collins] Softcover A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: William Collins] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Foxing to the pages [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: William Collins] Softcover A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London] Softcover Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyskis portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at its finest. Napoleon inspires passionately held and often conflicting visions. Was he a god-like genius, Romantic avatar, megalomaniac monster, compulsive warmonger or just a nasty little dictator? While he displayed elements of these traits at certain times, Napoleon was none of these things. He was a man and, as Adam Zamoyski presents him in this landmark biography, a rather ordinary one at that. He exhibited some extraordinary qualities during some phases of his life but it is hard to credit genius to a general who presided over the worst (and self-inflicted) disaster in military history and who single-handedly destroyed the great enterprise he and others had toiled so hard to construct. A brilliant tactician, he was no strategist. But nor was Napoleon an evil monster. He could be selfish and violent but there is no evidence of him wishing to inflict suffering gratuitously. His motives were mostly praiseworthy and his ambition no greater than that of contemporaries such as Alexander I of Russia, Wellington, Nelson and many more. What made his ambition exc ...
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: London : William Collins] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical Description: xxiii, 727 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm. Subjects: 1789-1815; Biographies; Biography; Empereurs; France; Emperors; France Histoire 1789-1815; France History 1789-1815; History; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Military History: War. 1 Kg. [Galway, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2018]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: London : William Collins] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical Description: xxiii, 727 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm. Subjects: 1789-1815; Biographies; Biography; Empereurs; France; Emperors; France Histoire 1789-1815; France History 1789-1815; History; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Military History: War. 1 Kg. [New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2018]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London] Softcover Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyskis portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at its finest. Napoleon inspires passionately held and often conflicting visions. Was he a god-like genius, Romantic avatar, megalomaniac monster, compulsive warmonger or just a nasty little dictator? While he displayed elements of these traits at certain times, Napoleon was none of these things. He was a man and, as Adam Zamoyski presents him in this landmark biography, a rather ordinary one at that. He exhibited some extraordinary qualities during some phases of his life but it is hard to credit genius to a general who presided over the worst (and self-inflicted) disaster in military history and who single-handedly destroyed the great enterprise he and others had toiled so hard to construct. A brilliant tactician, he was no strategist. But nor was Napoleon an evil monster. He could be selfish and violent but there is no evidence of him wishing to inflict suffering gratuitously. His motives were mostly praiseworthy and his ambition no greater than that of contemporaries such as Alexander I of Russia, Wellington, Nelson and many more. What made his ambition exc ...
London: William Collins, Date: 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Adam Zamoyski on the title page, with the publisher's "signed by the author" label on the front panel of the dust jacket. "Based on primary sources in many European languages, and beautifully illustrated with portraits done only from life, this magnificent book examines how Napoleone Buonaparte, the boy from Corsica, became 'Napoloen'; how he achieved what he did, and how it came about that he undid it." Octavo: xxiii, 727 p. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Just a hint of edgewear; else fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of revered English actor, comedian, musician, and writer Eric Idle, accompanied by a letter of provenance. Idle (b.1943) is a founding member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, as well as the parody rock group The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot. 2018. William Collins ISBN 0008116075 US
London: William Collins, Date: 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Adam Zamoyski on the title page, with the publisher's "signed by the author" label on the front panel of the dust jacket. "Based on primary sources in many European languages, and beautifully illustrated with portraits done only from life, this magnificent book examines how Napoleone Buonaparte, the boy from Corsica, became 'Napoloen'; how he achieved what he did, and how it came about that he undid it." Octavo: xxiii, 727 p. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Just a hint of edgewear; else fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of revered English actor, comedian, musician, and writer Eric Idle, accompanied by a letter of provenance. Idle (b.1943) is a founding member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, as well as the parody rock group The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot. 2018. William Collins ISBN 0008116075 9780008116071 [US]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: William Collins, London] Hardcover First Edition Signed by Adam Zamoyski on the title page, with the publisher's "signed by the author" label on the front panel of the dust jacket. "Based on primary sources in many European languages, and beautifully illustrated with portraits done only from life, this magnificent book examines how Napoleone Buonaparte, the boy from Corsica, became 'Napoloen'; how he achieved what he did, and how it came about that he undid it." Octavo: xxiii, 727 p. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Just a hint of edgewear; else fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of revered English actor, comedian, musician, and writer Eric Idle, accompanied by a letter of provenance. Idle (b.1943) is a founding member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, as well as the parody rock group The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot. [Covina, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2018]
London : William Collins, Date: 2018. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical Description: xxiii, 727 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm. Subjects: 1789-1815; Biographies; Biography; Empereurs; France; Emperors; France Histoire 1789-1815; France History 1789-1815; History; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Military History: War. 2018. London : William Collins ISBN 0008116075 9780008116071 [IE]
ISBN10: 0008116075, ISBN13: 9780008116071, [publisher: William Collins] Hardcover New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed [Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2018]
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