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    Napoleon: A Life From Beginning To End

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    This book is for anyone that enjoys crucial turning points in history. Napoleon was an unremarkable man who managed to change the entire landscape of the world 200 years ago. He has been hailed as a military genius and his victories are still studied by international armed forces to this day. 

    Inside you will read about...
    ✓ The Little Corporal
    ✓ Napoleon Takes Charge
    ✓ The Napoleonic Code
    ✓ On the Road to Empire
    ✓ A Continent Under Siege
    ✓ Backroom Deals and the Division of Empire
    ✓ Exile and the Napoleonic Last Stand
    ✓ Everyone Wants to Rule the World

    Through military exploit and the Napoleonic code, he was a man who came out of nowhere and changed the world. This book describes not only how he did it, but why he did it; delve into the psychology of one of the most heroic despots ever known - Napoleon Bonaparte!

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    PublisherHourly History
    Release dateApr 4, 2016
    ISBN9781524297695
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      This book was very confusing and hard to follow