"Napoleon, Spirit of the Age by Michael Broers." Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Jul 2018 12:45 p.m. PST |
"There is a marked correlation between the clothes that Bonaparte the general wore, & those worn by Napoleon the emperor. Even when he was first consul he wore the laurel edged uniform of a general in the republic, much as he wore when he stormed the bridge at Arcole. The distinctive olive grey coat & cocked hat over the undress uniform of the chasseurs a cheval de la Garde Imperiale came about around the time of Austerlitz. That is to say that before 1805 there was no Napoleon. Without Ulm & Austerlitz there could not have been a Napoleon. Without these events, Europe would have remembered a heroic revolutionary general who quietened the bloodlust of the revolution. A young soldier on a bridge with a flag, not an emperor on a horse with a hat…"
Full review here
link Amicalement
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Dave Jackson  | 03 Jul 2018 3:18 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 05 Jul 2018 11:54 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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| Brechtel198 | 06 Jul 2018 3:29 a.m. PST |
I have bought the book and it is inbound. |
| Gazzola | 08 Jul 2018 6:26 a.m. PST |
It looks an interesting title. But Amazon appear to be offering two versions of the hardback, both at different prices and published by different publishers? Napoleon Volume 2: Spirit of the Age (1st March 2018)
Faber & Faber, 560 pages @ £21.00 GBP (free postage) Spirit of the Age: 1805-1810 (3rd April 2018)
Pegasus Books, 544 pages @ £17.99 GBPp (free postage) |
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