Napoleon Bonaparte

Clisson and Eugénie (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Hicks, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Clisson and Eugénie is a fiction novel by one of history's great leaders, offering a fascinating insight into how the young Napoleon viewed love, women and military life.



'[A] melancholy tale' The Guardian



Their eyes met... and they soon knew that their hearts were made for each other. Triumphant on the field of battle, Clisson turns his back on worldly success. He falls in love and marries and Eugénie, but how long will their love survive? Written in an eloquently Romantic style true to its period, the tragic story of Clisson and Eugénie reveals one of history's great leaders to also be an accomplished writer of fiction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gallic Books
• Seitenzahl: 86
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781906040611
• Artikelnr.: 38364860

Autorenporträt

Napoleon Bonaparte, aged 26 and having already known success as a soldier, was at something of a low ebb both professionally and personally when he began Clisson and Eugénie, and there are undoubted parallels between his own life and their story.  Peter Hicks is a historian specialising in Napoleon.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Armand Cabasson page 1
Text of Clisson and Eugénie page 13
Afterword by Armand Cabasson page 33
Interpretation by Peter Hicks and Émilie Barthet page 41
Brief History of the Manuscript page 69

Rezensionen

'There is a wit and power about the writing and the characterisation that makes the reader regret that Napoleon Bonaparte did not write more fiction' The Times

'[A] melancholy tale' The Guardian

'A brilliant author' San Francisco Book Review

'Napoleon Bonaparte was not only one of the greatest military leaders in history, but also a talented writer of short stories and essays' Portland Book Review