01886cam a2200349 i 4500 296000128 TxAuBib 20100904120000.0 090420s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009016539 9780531228234 $5.95 0531228231 $5.95 DLC eng rda DLC IG# BTCTA IP6 UPZ DLC TxAuBib rda Heuston, Kimberley. Napoleon [BOOK] : emperor and conqueror / Kimberley Heuston. New York : Franklin Watts, 2010. 128 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Wicked history "Egotist" -- cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 125) and index. A taste for power. -- Born to fight -- Going French -- Revolution! -- In command -- Success in Paris -- General Bonaparte. -- The war in Italy -- Into Egypt -- Seizing power -- Enforcing the peace -- Remaking France -- Emperor Napoleon. -- Better than king -- Unlimited power -- The continental system -- The Spanish ulcer -- Domestic affairs -- Disaster on the battlefield -- Waterloo. An engaging biography of Napoleon Bonaparte--one of the most brilliant and reckless generals in history--who declared himself emperor of France in 1804, conquered lands from Portugal to Poland, made kings and queens of his family members, and nearly brought all of Europe to its knees. 20100930. Napoleon I Emperor of the French 1769-1821 Juvenile literature. Emperors France Biography Juvenile literature. France History 1789-1815 Juvenile literature. Biographies. Wicked history.