Napoléon Bonaparte

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Napoleon has been called a giant for the ages, and his influence resonates to this day not only in the field of military endeavor but also in law and governance. His military maxims, captured here in Napoleon's Art of War , are timeless principles applicable to many aspects of life. To contextualize each of the seventy-eight pithy maxims, General Burnod provides brief explanatory expositions.

Napoleon was but a poor, insignificant army officer. Josephine was a widow. They met in a Paris ravaged by revolution and despairing of war. They fell in love and married. Their relationship became a legend.From those early days in Paris to the bitter divorce in 1809 the couple kept in touch through intimate letters. Napoleon's insatiable ambition took him from Italy to Egypt, from general to emperor, yet he and Josephine wrote frank, revealing letters to keep in touch. This collection of letters reveals much about the times through which Napoleon and Josephine prospered and about the forces which played upon a couple who rose at astonishing speed to the very height of prestige, power and success. This new edition has commentaries, a chronology and biographies of leading personalities.Here is their love, here are their squabbles. Napoleon and Josephine live on in the pages of this book.

Automne 1795. Un jeune général d'origine corse laisse derrière lui son premier amour pour faire face à son destin. Tiraillé entre le coeur et la raison, il s'en remet à sa plume et compose un petit récit, esquisse d'un amour parfait, gâché par la traîtrise mais ennobli par la guerre. Ce sera l'ultime tentative littéraire de Napoléon Bonaparte.La découverte de nombreux fragments inédits permet de révéler dans cette première édition intégrale la version la plus aboutie du roman et de corriger les multiples erreurs de transcription antérieures.Un essai de Gérard Gengembre et des commentaires de Peter Hicks et Émilie Barthet replacent le roman dans son contexte historique et littéraire, ce qui permet d'apprécier la part d'autobiographie et celle de fiction qui font la trame de ce roman d'amour.

This is an illustrated "autobiography" of the Emperor Napoleon compiled from his commentaries and memoirs dictated on St Helena, edited and put into chronological order. The text spans his childhood in Corsica to exile on St Helena and covers family feuds, divorce from Josephine, retreat from Moscow, Waterloo and more - all in his own words. Napoleon was in inveterate writer, he dictated obsessively and edited his own scripts. He was also very aware of his position as one of history's great leaders. The book should be useful to military enthusiasts, historians and writers.

Spurred by a lifelong fascination with the great emperor, French novelist Honore de Balzac set himself the pains-taking task of collecting a selection of Napoleon's aphorisms from his public speeches and the gazettes of the time.Arranged into four themes (covering social life, the military arts, the exercise of power and the teachings of experience and misfortune), Napoleon's pithy pills of wisdom - often Machiavellian, cynical, dry and sometimes cruel - offer a unique insight into the mind of a man who prided himself on preferring action over thought and the sword over the pen, and conjure up one of the most eminent and influential historical figures of all time.

La historia contada por su protagonista. Esta edición incluye las Máximas y pensamientos del prisionero de Santa Elena y los Juicios de Napoleón sobre sus contemporáneos.» «Es el Espíritu montado a caballo» dijo Hegel de él tras verlo entrar triunfal en Viena. Para el gran filósofo alemán, Napoleón era la personificació n misma de la historia cumpliendo su destino. Todavía hoy no hay figura más famosa en la historia universal que la de Napoleón Bonaparte. Su carisma de líder y su genio de estratega lo convirtieron en uno de los primeros héroes de la modernidad. Los distintos textos autobiográficos recopilados en este volumen son una fuente documental de gran valor para conocer la época histórica que marcó el tránsito hacia el mundo contemporáneo, explicada por uno de sus principales protagonistas. Nos permiten conocer, sin intermediarios, a Napoleón, quien nos habla de sí mismo y de sus contemporáneos, tanto cuando registra el presente inmediato en sus anotaciones de campaña, como cuando reflexiona el pasado en su condición de prisionero en Santa Elena.

« Tous les Français sont frondeurs, turbulents, mais non conspirateurs, encore moins conjurés. Leur légèreté est tellement de nature, leurs amitiés si subites, qu’on ne pourrait dire qu’elles les déshonorent ; ce sont de vraies girouettes au gré des vents, mais ce vice, chez eux, est sans calcul, et voilà leur meilleure excuse. »« Toute indulgence pour les coupables annonce une connivence. »« Dans les révolutions, il n’y a que deux sortes de gens : ceux qui les font et ceux qui en profitent. »« Les peuples sont trop éclairés aujourd’hui ; il n’y a plus rien de grand à faire. »Un petit livre à offrir en clin d''oeil à tous les apprentis maîtres du monde, ou à méditer pour "apprécier" la politique, ou encore à déguster quotidiennement pour entretenir un masochisme bien français…

Το βιβλίο αυτό δεν συγκεντρώνει τις καλύτερες ερωτικές επιστολές που γράφτηκαν ποτέ- και οι συγγραφείς τους δεν είναι οι σημαντικότερες προσωπικότητες που μίλησαν για τον έρωτα.Στη ζωή δεν υπάρχει μικρό ή μεγάλο· όλα τα πράγματα έχουν την ίδια αξία και το ίδιο μέγεθος: από τον ταραχώδη ή συμβατικό συζυγικό βίο μέχρι την έλξη "κόντρα στους κανόνες"· από το σεξουαλικό παραλήρημα μέχρι την απόκρυφη επιθυμία· και από τη σπαρακτική κραυγή του ερωτευμένου που "έχασε" μέχρι τον νηφάλιο απολογισμό ενός δεσμού που στάθηκε καθοριστικός για την πορεία δύο εραστών.Στο βιβλίο αυτό συγγραφέας και αναγνώστης κάθε επιστολής μοιράζονται τα καλύτερα στοιχεία από τη ζωή: τον έρωτα και την ειλικρίνεια.

Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.

Napoleon Bonaparte's ascent to power was meteoric. Ever the outsider and regarded by many as an upstart, his extraordinary determination, courage, and tactical skill saw him rise from ordinary beginnings to become the greatest military commander of his age. A brigadier general by the age of 24, crowned Emperor of France by age 35, he had conquered most of the countries of Europe by the time he was 45.This beautifully illustrated, silk-bound edition of Napoleon's maxims for conduct on the battlefield gives a fascinating insight into his knowledge, intuition, and resourcefulness. His ideas have shaped the opinion of generations of military strategists, politicians, and business entrepreneurs, and are still relevant today. The translation, by British army officer Colonel George D'Aguilar, contains notes exploring the background to Napoleon's theories of war and the leaders who inspired him.

Книга "Мысли и максимы узника Святой Елены" была найдена среди бумаг графа Лас Каза, добровольно последовавшего за Наполеоном Бонапартом в изгнание на остров Святой Елены. Этот сборник содержит высказывания Наполеона, касающиеся политической истории и современности, литературы, философии и др. Этот небольшой сборник, снабженный обстоятельными комментариями, несомненно доставит вдумчивому читателю немало пищи для размышлений, ведь еще А.С.Пушкин утверждал, что "следить за мыслями великого человека есть наука самая занимательная".

For the first time ever, Napoleon's "Chronicles of Caesar's Wars" ("Précis des guerres de César") is available in English. Dictated by Napoleon to Count Marchand, his valet, while in exile on St. Helena, Chronicles of Caesar's Wars explores Caesar's rise, his campaigns in Europe and North Africa, and the plot that killed him. Napoleon, who had a lifelong obsession with Caesar, wrote this book in one of his last acts. The work relaxed him, "tossing a few flowers on the path that was leading to the tomb," as Count Marchand's preface recalls. Napoleon passionately explores Caesar’s battles in Gaul and during the Civil War. He concludes each chapter with observations, sometimes providing details, sometimes veering away from praise towards criticism, applying the insights of a military career and a healthy ego to explain what he would have done better. Napoleon ends the book with a remarkable defense of Caesar’s dictatorship. He takes apart his assassins’ justifications and the fault-finding of “good Plutarch the libeler” with such fervor that one can scarcely believe a gulf of two millennia stood between the two eminent men. In a sense, though, it was also a defense of his own government. Attached to the book are previously untranslated essays in which Napoleon takes on the role of literary critic and philosopher. He criticizes Virgil’s Aeneid for butchering Homer’s Iliad, and Voltaire for unflatteringly depicting Mohammad, another of Napoleon’s heroes. He explores in another essay whether a man has the right to kill himself, an act we now know he had personally attempted.

Conquistar el mundo quizá sea más fácil que conquistar la posteridad. Napoleón, que acarició lo primero, ha conseguido sobradamente lo segundo. Seductor como un encantador de serpientes, cruel tirano y, a la vez, heraldo del mensaje liberador de la Revolución Francesa, genio militar y visionario, su figura ha fascinado a partidarios y detractores por igual. Empezando por sus contemporáneos, como Balzac, quien realizó esta concisa y meticulosa antología de sus máximas y pensamientos sin eludir las aristas más afiladas del pequeño cabo que llegó a emperador. Balzac y Napoleó dos genios cuya sombra se proyecta agigantada sobre nuestra contemporaneidad. Esta edición, con presentación del propio Balzac, va acompañada de apéndices que rastrean las huellas del legado napoleónico. La sabiduría de Napoleón en un único libro.

Per tappe emblematiche e con parole inedite prende vita in questi scritti l'esistenza indomabile di Napoleone, vibrante di desiderio d'affermazione di sé e del diritto dei popoli alla giustizia e alla felicità. L'entusiasmo civile del propagatore della Rivoluzione e la retorica versatile, contagiosa del generale e del politico fanno riscoprire la vera gloria dell'uomo le cui ambizioni cambiarono le speranze d'Europa.

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Sur les Français, l’art de gouverner ou celui de faire la guerre, ces aphorismes, sentences et réflexions de l’Empereur, toujours d’actualité, témoignent d’une ironie, d’un cynisme et d’une clairvoyance hors pair. Un petit livre à offrir en clin d’œil à tous les apprentis maîtres du monde, à méditer pour « apprécier » la politique, ou à déguster quotidiennement pour entretenir un masochisme bien français!

This edition • A new English translation• Parallel French and English texts• Foreword• Translator's NotesIn June 1793, the unknown Captain Napoleon Bonaparte, twenty-three years old, rejoined the army just as rebellions broke out all over France. A month later, he published this short book, ostensibly propaganda designed to win over insurgents, in reality designed to bring him to the notice of the government in Paris. It was the most important thing he ever wrote and it worked. By Christmas, he was a brigadier-general and famous. Our unique parallel text presents the original French on the left page, the English translation on the right, with sentences and paragraphs aligned for easy reading and reference. Parallel texts of this kind are a very valuable learning resource, as they make the foreign language content immediately comprehensible.

Le second tome des Mémoires de Napoléon livre le récit de la campagne d'Egypte (1798-1799). Même si son auteur ne s'étend pas sur l'incontestable défaite qui clôtura l'expédition, ce récit demeure un "témoignage de premier ordre", dont la dictée par l'Empereur mobilisa tous les acteurs de la fabrique historique de Sainte-Hélène, au premier rang desquels le grand-maréchal Bertrand qui avait fait cette fabuleuse campagne. Préparée dans le plus grand secret, mettant en oeuvre des moyens militaires exceptionnels, l'expédition d'Egypte, qui débuta en 1798, nous étonne et nous fascine, comme elle a étonné et fasciné les contemporains. Au-delà de son résultat final, elle tient une place à part dans la légende napoléonienne.

When the book was prepared, our example was Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" book. Like the timeless work of Sun Tzu, Napoleon's comments on the art of war were selected, edited and categorized.These comments are from the memories of the people who were with Napoleon until his last moments. These memories were studied and Napoleon's ideas on the art of war and leadership were selected. These selections were categorized in the sixteen chapter.Here are the 16 ON VICTORY AND GLORY(According to Napoleon, to live without victory and glory is to die every day.)2.NAPOLEON ON BOLDNESS, AUDACITY, AND COURAGE(According to Napoleon, bold resolutions enable a commander to emerge victorious from an uneven struggle.)3.NAPOLEON ON PLANNING, PREPARATION, AND CALCULATION(According to Napoleon, the great actions must proceed from a calculation.)4.NAPOLEON ON CIRCUMSTANCES AND FLEXIBILITY(According to Napoleon, the plan must be modified according to the circumstances and therefore, a commander must be flexible!)5.NAPOLEON ON CONCENTRATION AND CENTER OF GRAVITY(According to Napoleon, a commander must concentrate his forces on a single point.)6.NAPOLEON ON COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION(According to Napoleon, a commander must not allow corps to act separately, without communication with each other.)7.NAPOLEON ON VELOCITY AND NOT LOSING TIME(According to Napoleon, the rapidity increases the means of the victory.)8.NAPOLEON ON DECEPTION, SURPRISE AND EXAGGERATING YOUR FORCES (According to Napoleon, in war, in order to surprise an enemy, deception is a must! Also, according to Napoleon, a commander must always exaggerate the numbers of his forces.)9.NAPOLEON ON DISCIPLINE(According to Napoleon, without discipline there is no victory.)10.NAPOLEON ON DETERMINATION, CONSTANCY, AND RESOLUTION(According to Napoleon, how many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death!)11.NAPOLEON ON PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAIL(According to Napoleon, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. Therefore, a commander must pay attention to details.)12.NAPOLEON ON COOL HEAD, SOUND REASONING, AND SOUND JUDGMENT(According to Napoleon, the foremost quality of a commander is to keep a cool head, to receive accurate impressions of what is happening.)13.NAPOLEON ON SIMPLICITY(According to Napoleon, the art of war is like everything that is beautiful and simple. The simplest moves are the best. )14.NAPOLEON ON INTELLIGENCE AND GETTING PRECISE INFORMATION(According to Napoleon, in order to get detailed information, a commander must study the problem from every angle. Intelligence is crucial.)15.NAPOLEON ON SECRECY(According to Napoleon, in war the first principle of a commander is to conceal what he is doing.)16.NAPOLEON ON LEADERSHIP(According to Napoleon, in war men are nothing; one man is everything. The presence of a commander is indispensable. Also, according to Napoleon, a commander is the head, the whole of an army. An army is nothing without the head.)We believe that Napoleon's these thoughts and comments on leadership and the art of war which we selected, edited and classified into 16 chapters, will lead commanders, businessmen/women, and individuals to victory when they face struggles.ABOUT THE Mete Aksoy is teaching the art of war in Turkish Military Academy. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering and holds a master's degree in leadership at the University of San Diego (USD). He has also received courses on negotiation and leadership at Harvard University and at M.I.T. For eighteen years, Aksoy has deepened his experience in multinational corporations in many countries of the world and is now a management consultant for various companies.

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« Quand l’Empereur dictait, il se promenait continuellement de long en large, tenant constamment la tête basse et les mains derrière le dos ; la tension des muscles frontaux était marquée, la bouche légèrement contractée. » Dans les dernières années de sa vie, Napoléon a dicté ses mémoires. Ces textes ne doivent pas être confondus avec les souvenirs de ses compagnons d’exil dont le succès a parfois fait oublier le témoignage direct de l’Empereur sur sa propre carrière. Conscient du caractère exceptionnel de son destin, il ne voulait laisser à personne le soin de le raconter ou de l’interpréter. Et dans cette bataille pour la postérité, il a, comme de coutume, tout organisé, tout contrôlé, tout décidé. Pendant plus de cinq ans, il a été à la tête d’une véritable entreprise ou fabrique de l’histoire.Soigneusement composés, relus et corrigés par Napoléon en personne, ces mémoires constituent, si l’on ose dire, le point de vue du principal acteur de l’épopée sur plusieurs étapes importantes de son parcours. On comprend mal, dès lors, que cet ensemble n’ait pas été réédité depuis plus de cent ans.Les plus grands morceaux des Mémoires de Napoléon sont aujourd’hui reproposés au public en trois volumes, reprenant les textes les plus aboutis et complets : la première campagne d’Italie ; la campagne d’Egypte ; l’île d’Elbe et les Cent-Jours.La version des textes choisie est celle qui a été établie par l’Empereur lui-même. S’il y donne évidemment sa vérité, s’il privilégie la cohérence de son parcours et se donne toujours le beau rôle, il ne modifie pas les faits, leur chronologie et leur déroulement. Quant à ses interprétations, elles ne peuvent être stigmatisées : pourquoi lui refuserait-on de donner son avis et sa version, alors qu’on l’accepte des autres témoins et, plus encore, des historiens de la période ?

Les échanges de Napoléon Ieret de Joséphine de Beauharnais font partie des plus belles pages de la littérature amoureuse." Reçois un millier de baisers ; mais ne m'en donne pas, car ils brûlent mon sang. "Dès les premières lettres échangées par Bonaparte et Joséphine en 1795 se devine la passion dévorante du jeune officier pour la veuve Beauharnais, égérie du Directoire.Les premiers temps de leur union sont heureux, et les missives de la campagne d'Italie comptent parmi les plus enflammées jamais adressées. Mais l'ambition et les liaisons successsives auront raison de cette union devenue consulaire puis impériale, avant le second mariage de Napoléon avec Marie-Louise.À travers ces lettres, le lecteur découvre certaines des plus belles pages de la littérature amoureuse depuis plus de deux siècles.

"Toutes les autres choses que vous entendrez dire sur l'Empereur sont des bêtises." Ainsi finissent les célèbres pages du Médecin de campagne que Balzac consacra, en 1833, par la bouche d'un ancien grognard, Goguelat, à l'épopée du grand homme et qui rappellent avec force qu'il fut, aux côtés de Stendhal et de Chateaubriand, l'un des artisans du mythe napoléonien. Le lecteur pourra ensuite se délecter des Maximes et pensées de Napoléon, dont Balzac, qui les avaient écrites pour les vendre à un bonnetier, Jean-Louis Gaudy, sous le nom duquel elles ont été publiées en 1838, voulait qu'elles fussent "à Napoléon ce que l'Evangile est au Christ".

L’imperatore, confinato a Sant’Elena, fiaccato nel corpo e nell’anima, ma ancora straordinariamente lucido, detta al fedele Marchand il suo testamento politico, ricostruendo l’intera vicenda umana di Giulio Cesare: dalla guerra gallica al confronto finale con i suoi assassini.L’Empereur riflette sull’Imperator vittima di una congiura; entrambi hanno raggiunto l’apice del potere per poi essere sconfitti dalla storia, ma con la differenza – segnalata da Luciano Canfora nella sua Introduzione – che l’uno proveniva dal cuore dell’aristocrazia romana e l’altro era stato spinto in alto dalla Rivoluzione. La campagna di Gallia rappresenta il primo momento di identificazione di Napoleone con Giulio Cesare: è l’episodio che prepara la strada alla conquista del successo e Bonaparte lo associa alla sua campagna in Italia. Cosí nella “dittatura democratica” di Cesare, Napoleone ravvisa l’antecedente del tipo di potere da lui instaurato e che da lui prenderà nome: bonapartismo.Pubblicato a Parigi nel 1836, questo documento raccoglie le « ultime parole dell’Imperatore ». Ne ripercorre la fortuna il nuovo saggio di Canfora Cesare per comunisti e fascisti che correda questa terza edizione.

«Prisionero ahora en este hemisferio, nada tengo que defender sino la reputación que la historia me prepara. No podrá menos que decir que el hombre por quien una nación entera se ha sacrificado, no debía estar tan destituido de mérito como sus contemporáneos lo pretenden.»Napoleón escribió sus «Memorias» como quien libra su última batalla. Estaba en juego el recuerdo que había de dejar para la posteridad, y en esta guerra se hallaba en franca sabía que la historia la escriben los vencedores y que frente a él tenía nada menos que al Ministerio inglés y su ejército de gacetilleros a sueldo, una de las más eficientes maquinarias generadoras de leyendas negras que ha conocido la historia.«Es el Espíritu montado a caballo», dijo Hegel de él, tras ver su entrada triunfal en Viena. Para el filósofo alemán, Napoleón Bonaparte era la personificación misma de la Historia cumpliendo su Destino.Su carisma de líder, su genio de estratega, su talento de hombre de Estado y su capacidad para encarnar el alma de los nuevos tiempos, como hombre hecho a sí mismo hijo de la Revolución, lo convirtieron en uno de los primeros héroes de la modernidad.

NAPOLEON A RECOMPOSE LE CATHOLICISME FRANCAIS.Au sortir de la tourmente revolutionnaire, il lui revient de pacifier les conflits religieux. L'incroyance est de mise dans la classe politique, mais il choisit de se faire sacrer empereur par le Pape Pie VII. L'atheisme regne dans les salons, mais il choisit de proclamer que la religion catholique, apostolique et romaine, est la religion de la grande majorite des citoyens francais.L'Empereur est aussi celui qui utilise le retablissement de la hierarchie ecclesiastique pour encadrer les masses populaires: les eveques sont ses prefets en violet qui prechent le catechisme imperial et l'aident a contenir la foule. Mais qu'en est-il des sentiments religieux de ce Corse quirecoit les derniers sacrements avant de mourir ? Cet ouvrage reprend les memoires de deux de ses proches qui ont recueilli les libres propos de son intimite. Ils nous revelent une face inconnue mais importante d'un personnagecomplexe.Preface de Jean Tulard

First published in 1896, “The Voice of a Great” contains a selection of the speeches, correspondence, and proclamations of the French military and political leader Napoléon Bonaparte, edited by Ida Tarbell. The book is split into five “The Campaign in Italy”, “The Egyptian Expedition”, “Napoleon, First Consul”, “Napoleon, Emperor of France”, and “The Fall of Napoleon”. “The Voice of a Great” offers a fantastic insight into the mind of one of the greatest commanders in history, whose wars and campaigns are still studied at military schools the world over. Highly recommended for those with an interest in the life of Napoleon and military history in general. Ida Minerva Tarbell (1857–1944) was an American journalist, writer, lecturer, and biographer. A pioneer in investigative journalism, her 1904 book “The History of the Standard Oil Company” famously contributed to the dissolution of the Standard Oil monopoly and the introduction of the Hepburn Act of 1906. As well as articles and exposés, she also wrote a number of biographies on historical figures, believing that their ideals and motivations could be studied in order to positively change society. Other notable works by this author “Madame A Biographical Study.” (1896), “The Life of Abraham Lincoln” (1900), and “Father Abraham New York” (1909). Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic work now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1861. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... ourselves that we abandoned them in time to prevent them from augmenting the trophies of the enemy. MAXIM XXXIV. It should be laid down as a principle, never to leave intervals by which the enemy can penetrate between corps formed in order of battle, unless it be to draw him into a snare. NOTE. In the campaign of 1757, the prince of Lorraine, who was covering Prague with the Austrian army, perceived the Prussians threatening, by a flank movement, to turn his right. lie immediately ordered a partial change of front by throwing back the infantry of that wing, so as to form a right angle with the rest of the line. But this manoeuvre being executed in presence of the enemy, was not effected without some disorder. The heads of the columns having marched too quick, caused the rear to lengthen out, and when the line was formed to the right, a large interval appeared at the salient angle. Frederick, observing this error, hastened to take advantage of it. He directed his centre corps, commanded by the duke of Bevern, to throw itself into this opening, and by this manoeuvre decided the fate of the battle. The prince of Lorraine returned to Prague, beaten and pursued, with the loss of sixteen thousand men, and two hundred pieces of cannon. It should be observed at the same time, that this operation of throwing a corps into the intervals made by an army in line of battle, should never be attempted unless you are at least equal in force, and have an opportunity of outflanking the enemy on the one side or the other; for it is then only you can hope to divide his army in the centre, and insulate the wings entirely. If you are inferior in number, you run the risk of being stopped by the reserves, and overpowered by the enemy's wings, which may deploy upon your flanks and surrou...