Le Souper de Beaucaire / The Supper at Beaucaire
About this book
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.