TY - BOOK AU - Roberts,Andrew TI - Napoleon: a life SN - 0670025321 PY - 2014/// CY - New York, New York PB - Viking KW - Napoleon KW - Emperors KW - France KW - Biography KW - History KW - 1789-1815 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 859-888) and index; List of Illustrations --; List of Maps --; Acknowledgements --; The Bonaparte Family Trees --; Introduction --; Part 1; Rise --; 1; Corsica --; 2; Revolution --; 3; Desire --; 4; Italy --; 5; Victory --; 6; Peace --; 7; Egypt --; 8; Acre --; 9; Brumaire --; Part 2; Mastery --; 10; Consul --; 11; Marengo --; 12; Lawgiver --; 13; Plots --; 14; Amiens --; 15; Coronation --; 16; Austerlitz --; 17; Jena --; 18; Blockades --; 19; Tilsit --; 20; Iberia --; 21; Wagram --; 22; Zenith --; Part 3; Denouement --; 23; Russia --; 24; Trapped --; 25; Retreat --; 26; Resilience --; 27; Leipzig --; 28; Defiance --; 29; Elba --; 30; Waterloo --; 31; St Helena --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index N2 - " ... the first single-volume, cradle-to-grave biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation"--Jacket ER -