Christopher Hibbert

Napoleon (eBook, ePUB)

His Wives and Women

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Produktbeschreibung

''I am not like other men. The commonly accepted rules of morality and propriety do not apply to me.''
NAPOLEON

For the first time, the intimate private life of one of history's greatest figures (and the world's greatest conquerors) is laid bare for all to see. This absorbing book by 'our outstanding popular historian (in A.N. Wilson's words) strips away the veneer of history to reveal the living, breathing man who once said, during his exile on the remote island of St Helena: 'Bah! Women! When you don't think of them you don't need them.'

Christopher Hibbert throws fresh light on Napoleon's relationships with the women in his family - his strong-willed mother and three sisters - as well as the two women he married and successively crowned Empress (Josephine and Marie-Louise). His many mistresses also played a significant part in his life; their portraits are as illuminating as they are compelling.

'Christopher Hibbert is one of the world's best-loved historians for a very good reason: everything he writes is a joy to read. This latest book is no exception: scholarly, moving, even funny - 'Napoleon: His Wives and Women'pulls back the curtain to reveal the hidden side of France's greatest leader'
AMANDA FOREMAN

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007389148
• Artikelnr.: 39950559

Autorenporträt

Described by Professor Sir John Plumb as a 'writer of the highest ability' & by the New Statesman as 'a pearl of biographers', Christopher Hibbert is our leading popular historian whose works reflect meticulous scholarship. His books also include THE DeSTRUCTION OF LORD RAGLAN, THE COURT AT WINDSOR, LONDON and ROME, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MEDICI etc. His biography of QUEEN VICTORIA will be published in autumn 2000 (HC).